戊

5th calendar sign

5 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names.

Readings

• ボ (on reading): 戊辰戦争 (ぼしんせんそう) Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869); 戊戌 (ぼじゅつ) Earth Dog (35th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1958, 2018, 2078)
• つちのえ (kun reading): 戊辰 (つちのえたつ) Earth Dragon (5th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1928, 1988, 2048); 戊午 (つちのえうま) Earth Horse (55th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1918, 1978, 2038)
• ボウ (on reading)

Components

• 丿
• 戈
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 戈 radical halberd

Kanji containing 戊

• 茂 overgrown
• 戌 sign of the dog
• 戍 protection
• 戚 grieve

Words using 戊

• 戊辰戦争 (ぼしんせんそう) Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
• 戊戌 (ぼじゅつ) Earth Dog (35th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1958, 2018, 2078)
• 戊夜 (ぼや) fifth division of the night (approx. 3am to 5am)
• 戊申詔書 (ぼしんしょうしょ) Imperial Rescript of 1908
• 戊種 (ぼしゅ) person whose physical suitability for conscription in the former Japanese military could not be determined in that year (e.g. due to illness)
• 戊辰 (つちのえたつ) Earth Dragon (5th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1928, 1988, 2048)
• 戊午 (つちのえうま) Earth Horse (55th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1918, 1978, 2038)
• 戊申 (つちのえさる) Earth Monkey (45th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1908, 1968, 2028)
• 戊寅 (つちのえとら) Earth Tiger (15th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1938, 1998, 2058)
• 戊子 (つちのえね) Earth Rat (25th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1948, 2008, 2068)

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