亥
12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar; ancient Chinese compass point: 330°
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,113 U+4EA5
How 亥 is formed
components: 亠
? unknown part
How to remember it
sign of the pig · Heisig RSH #1194
top hat + elbow + 人 person — as a component also called: acorn
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 亥 as their sound component
These characters all use 亥 (hài) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亥 sound component | hài | 12th terrestrial branch; used in transliterations |
| 核 | hé | core, kernel; nut, seed; atom |
| 刻 | kè | to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment |
| 孩 | hái | baby, child; children |
| 该 | gāi | should, ought to, must |
| 骇 | hài | to terrify, to shock, to frighten |
| 咳 | hāi | to cough |
| 骸 | hái | skeleton, body; leg bone |
| 颏 | kē | chin |
| 赅 | gāi | to include; to prepare for |
| 劾 | hé | to look into; to impeach, to charge |
| 氦 | hài | helium |
| 垓 | gāi | border, boundary, frontier |
| 阂 | hé | separated, blocked; to prevent, to block |
| 胲 | hǎi | hydroxylamine |
| 陔 | gāi | ledge, step, terrace; slope |
Words containing 亥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辛亥革命 | Xīn hài Gé mìng | Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty |
| 俄亥俄州 | É hài é zhōu | Ohio |
| 亥时 | hài shí | 9-11 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |
| 丁亥 | dīng hài | twenty-fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067 |
| 俄亥俄 | É hài é | Ohio |
| 亥猪 | hài zhū | Year 12, year of the Boar (e.g. 2007) |
| 己亥 | jǐ hài | thirty-sixth year F12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1959 or 2019 |
| 乙亥 | yǐ hài | twelfth year B12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1995 or 2055 |
| 辛亥 | xīn hài | forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031; cf 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4… |
| 癸亥 | guǐ hài | sixtieth year J12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1983 or 2043 |