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    3. 子の刻

    子の刻

    子ねの​刻こく

    hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am)

    NTNounHistoryKanji Vocab12 strokes

    ねのこく

    Noun

    1.
    hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am)
    archaic

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
    Kanji
    刻
    きざ.む・きざ.み…(1)
    engrave・cut fine・chop・hash・mince…(2)
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
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