巳 (み): sign of the snake or serpent

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巳み

sign of the snake or serpent

N1 KMT10Freq #2142History Kanji3 strokes

Kun'yomi

み

On'yomi

シ

sign of the snake or serpent9-11AMsixth sign of Chinese zodiac

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己

巳

Concepts using this kanji

巳

the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac)

day of the Snake

year of the Snake

year of the Snake

Doll's Festival (March 3)

初巳

first Serpent day of the year

辰巳芸者

geisha from the Fukagawa red-light district in Edo

巳の刻

hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon)

己巳

Earth Snake (6th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1929, 1989, 2049)

丁巳

Fire Snake (54th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1917, 1977, 2037)

巳の日の祓

purification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the 3rd month of the lunar calendar

已己巳己

all the same

辛巳

Metal Snake (18th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1941, 2001, 2061)

辰巳

southeast

乙巳

Wood Snake (42nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)

癸巳

Water Snake (30th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1953, 2013, 2073)

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巳

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Radical Decomposition3

Stroke Order3

Related12

Variants2

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