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丑
N1 4 strokes Grade 9 freq #2305

sign of the ox or cow, 1-3AM, second sign of Chinese zodiac

On'yomi (音読み)

チュウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

うし

Radical (部首)

一 one ichi

Others with this radical

一 三 上 下 不 七 世 両 与 万 並 丁

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

丑 うし the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac)
乙丑 きのとうし Wood Ox (2nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1925, 1985, 2045)
丑三つ うしみつ dead of the night; midnight
丑の年 うしのとし year of the Ox
土用丑 どよううし day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer
土用丑の日 どよううしのひ midsummer day of the ox (traditionally marked by eating eel)
丑の刻参り うしのこくまいり cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death
丑の時参り うしのときまいり cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death
辛丑 かのとうし Metal Ox (38th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1961, 2021, 2081)
己丑 つちのとうし Earth Ox (26th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1949, 2009, 2069)
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