辰
sign of the dragon; 7-9AM; fifth sign of Chinese zodiac; shin dragon radical (no. 161)
7 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 1600.
Readings
- シン (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); 北辰 (ほくしん) North-Star
- たつ (kun reading): 辰 (たつ) the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); 戊辰 (つちのえたつ) Earth Dragon (5th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1928, 1988, 2048)
- ジン (on reading)
Components
Kanji containing 辰
- 農 agriculture
- 振 shake
- 震 quake
- 娠 with child
- 辱 embarrass
- 唇 lips
- 宸 eaves
- 晨 morning
- 脣 lip
- 蜃 clam
- 賑 flourish
Words using 辰
- 戊辰戦争 (ぼしんせんそう) Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
- 北辰 (ほくしん) North-Star
- 北辰一刀流 (ほくしんいっとうりゅう) Hokushin Ittō-ryū (school of swordsmanship founded by Chiba Shūsaku ca. 1820)
- 辰砂 (しんしゃ) cinnabar
- 星辰 (せいしん) celestial bodies
- 辰 (たつ) the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac)
- 戊辰 (つちのえたつ) Earth Dragon (5th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1928, 1988, 2048)
- 壬辰 (みずのえたつ) Water Dragon (29th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1952, 2012, 2072)
- 辰年 (たつどし) year of the Dragon
- 庚辰 (かのえたつ) Metal Dragon (17th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1940, 2000, 2060)
25 words in all.