亥
- Meaning
- sign of the hog 9-11PM twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac
- On reading
- ガイ | カイ
- Kun reading
- い
- Nanori
- り
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 8
- Grade
- 9
- JLPT
- 1
- Frequency
- —
Stroke order
Words using 亥
- 亥 い — the Boar (twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac)
- 亥年 いどし — year of the Boar
- 亥の刻 いのこく — hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight)
- 亥月 がいげつ — tenth month of the lunar calendar
- 辛亥 しんがい — Metal Boar (48th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1911, 1971, 2031)
- 丁亥 ていがい — Fire Boar (24th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1947, 2007, 2067)
- 戌亥 いぬい — northwest
- 乙亥 きのとい — Wood Boar (12th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1935, 1995, 2055)
- 己亥 つちのとい — Earth Boar (36th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1959, 2019, 2079)
- 癸亥 みずのとい — Water Boar (60th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1923, 1983, 2043)
- 亥の子餅 いのこもち — day-of-the-Boar mochi (made with new grains)
- 亥の子 いのこ — day of the Boar in the month of the Boar (the 10th month in the lunar calendar)
- 亥の子の祝 いのこのいわい — Day-of-the-Boar Festival
- 辛亥革命 しんがいかくめい — Xinhai Revolution (of China; 1911)
- 魯魚亥豕 ろぎょがいし — miswriting a word
- 亥の日 いのひ — day of the Boar
- 亥の年 いのとし — year of the Boar