戊
fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; fifth in order; letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; penta
5 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,367 U+620A
How 戊 is formed
Characters built with 戊 as their sound component
These characters all use 戊 (wù) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 戊 sound component | wù | 5th heavenly stem |
| 茂 | mào | thick, lush, dense; talented |
Words containing 戊
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 异戊巴比妥 | yì wù bā bǐ tuǒ | amobarbital (drug) (loanword) |
| 戊子 | wù zǐ | twenty-fifth year E1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2008 or 2068 |
| 异戊二烯 | yì wù èr xī | isoprene |
| 亚硝酸异戊酯 | yà xiāo suān yì wù zhǐ | amyl nitrite |
| 戊五醇 | wù wǔ chún | xylitol; also written 木糖醇[mu4 tang2 chun2] |
| 戊型肝炎 | wù xíng gān yán | hepatitis E |
| 戊戌变法 | Wù xū Biàn fǎ | Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty |
| 戊巴比妥钠 | wù bā bǐ tuǒ nà | pentasorbital sodium (a sedative) |
| 戊戌六君子 | Wù xū Liù jūn zǐ | the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath… |
| 戊戌维新 | Wù xū Wéi xīn | Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty |
| 异戊橡胶 | yì wù xiàng jiāo | isoprene rubber |
| 戊戌政变 | Wù xū Zhèng biàn | coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the… |
| 戊糖 | wù táng | pentose (CH2O)5, monosaccharide with five carbon atoms, such as ribose 核糖[he2 tang2] |
| 环戊烯 | huán wù xī | cyclopentene C5H8 (ring of five carbon atoms) |
| 戊醇 | wù chún | amyl alcohol |
| 戊申 | wù shēn | forty-fifth year E9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1968 or 2028 |
| 戊午 | wù wǔ | fifty-fifth year E7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1978 or 2038 |
| 戊唑醇 | wù zuò chún | tebuconazole (antifungal agent) |
| 戊辰 | wù chén | fifth year E5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1988 or 2048 |
| 戊戌 | wù xū | thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018 |