戌

戌 (radical 62, 戈+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈竹一 (IHM), four-corner 5320₀, composition ⿵戊一(GHTJK) or ⿹戈⿰丿一(V))

• 威, 咸, 歲, 𤇳, 烕

• KangXi: page 411, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11535
• Dae Jaweon: page 752, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1398, character 1
• Unihan data for U+620C

Historical forms of the character 戌
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – an axe.

戌

1. eleventh of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
2. Dog (狗) of Chinese zodiac

• (earthly branches) 地支; 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥

戌

1. Only used in 屈戌 (“metal fastening”).

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

• Go-on: しゅち (shuchi)
• Kan-on: しゅつ (shutsu)
• Kan’yō-on: じゅつ (jutsu)
• Kun: いぬ (inu, 戌)

From 犬 (inu, “dog”)

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) いぬ [ìnú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [inɯ̟ᵝ]
• Homophones: 犬, 狗

戌 (hiragana いぬ, rōmaji Inu)

1. the Dog, the eleventh of the twelve Earthly Branches

戌 (hiragana いぬ, rōmaji inu)

1. the hour of the dog; a historical duel-hour equivalent to 7PM - 9PM
   • c. 935,: Tosa Nikki (page 3)

     それの年の十二月の二十日あまり一日の日の戌の刻に、門出す。

     I departed on the twenty and one day of the twelfth month of that year at the hour of the dog.

From Middle Chinese 戌 (swit)

戌 (hiragana じゅつ, rōmaji Jutsu)

1. the Dog, the eleventh of the twelve Earthly Branches

• Hasegawa, Masaharu; Yūichirō Imanishi, Hiroshi Itō, Hiroshi Yoshioka (1989) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 24: Tosa Nikki, Kagerō Nikki, Murasaki Shikibu Nikki, Sarashina Nikki, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

戌 (eum 술 (sul))

1. 11th terrestrial branch

戌: Hán Nôm readings: tuất

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