巳
- Meaning
- sign of the snake or serpent 9-11AM sixth sign of Chinese zodiac
- On reading
- シ
- Kun reading
- み
- Nanori
- —
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 49
- Grade
- 9
- JLPT
- 1
- Frequency
- 2142
Stroke order
Words using 巳
- 巳 み — the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac)
- 巳年 みどし — year of the Snake
- 辰巳 たつみ — southeast
- 己巳 つちのとみ — Earth Snake (6th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1929, 1989, 2049)
- 上巳 じょうし — Doll's Festival (March 3)
- 初巳 はつみ — first Serpent day of the year
- 巳の日の祓 みのひのはらえ — purification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the 3rd month of the lunar calendar
- 辛巳 かのとみ — Metal Snake (18th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1941, 2001, 2061)
- 癸巳 みずのとみ — Water Snake (30th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1953, 2013, 2073)
- 乙巳 きのとみ — Wood Snake (42nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)
- 丁巳 ひのとみ — Fire Snake (54th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1917, 1977, 2037)
- 辰巳芸者 たつみげいしゃ — geisha from the Fukagawa red-light district in Edo
- 已己巳己 いこみき — all the same
- 巳の刻 みのこく — hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon)
- 巳の日 みのひ — day of the Snake
- 巳の年 へびのとし — year of the Snake