戊辰

戊辰

Chinese

		5th heavenly stem	5th earthly branch; 7-9 am
trad. (戊辰)		戊	辰
simp. #(戊辰)		戊	辰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wùchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶ san⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): bō͘-sîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wùchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùchén
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴-chʻên²
    • Yale: wù-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhchern
    • Palladius: учэнь (učɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁶ san⁴
    • Yale: mouh sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²² sɐn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bō͘-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: bōo-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxsiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔ²²⁻²¹ ɕin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ⁴¹⁻²² ɕin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ²²⁻²¹ ɕin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔ³³⁻¹¹ ɕin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ³³⁻²¹ ɕin²³/

Noun

戊辰

1. The fifth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Earth Dragon" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.

Coordinate terms

• (Chinese sexagenary cycle) 干支; 甲子, 乙丑, 丙寅, 丁卯, 戊辰, 己巳, 庚午, 辛未, 壬申, 癸酉, 甲戌, 乙亥, 丙子, 丁丑, 戊寅, 己卯, 庚辰, 辛巳, 壬午, 癸未, 甲申, 乙酉, 丙戌, 丁亥, 戊子, 己丑, 庚寅, 辛卯, 壬辰, 癸巳, 甲午, 乙未, 丙申, 丁酉, 戊戌, 己亥, 庚子, 辛丑, 壬寅, 癸卯, 甲辰, 乙巳, 丙午, 丁未, 戊申, 己酉, 庚戌, 辛亥, 壬子, 癸丑, 甲寅, 乙卯, 丙辰, 丁巳, 戊午, 己未, 庚申, 辛酉, 壬戌, 癸亥

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
戊	辰
つちのえ Jinmeiyō	たつ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Compound of the celestial stem 戊 (tsuchinoe) and the earthly branch 辰 (tatsu, “dragon”).

Noun

戊(つちのえ)辰(たつ) • (tsuchinoetatsu) 

1. the fifth in the sexagenary cycle
2. Year of the Earth Dragon; those years which have a remainder of 8 when divided by 60

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
戊	辰
ぼ Jinmeiyō	しん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

The combination of the celestial stem 戊 (tsuchinoe) and the earthly branch 辰 (tatsu, “dragon”).

Noun

戊(ぼ)辰(しん) • (boshin) 

1. the fifth in the sexagenary cycle
2. Year of the Earth Dragon; those years which have a remainder of 8 when divided by 60