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亥

hài

Character

What 亥 means

1. 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar
2. ancient Chinese compass point: 330°

Example sentences

• 我以为自己到了日本，但是当地人都说我在俄亥俄。
  I thought I traveled to Japan, but the locals kept telling me I was in Ohio.

Words starting with 亥

• 亥时hài shí9-11 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
• 亥猪hài zhūYear 12, year of the Boar (e.g. 2007)

Words containing 亥

• 辛亥革命Xīn hài Gé mìngXinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty
• 辛亥xīn hàiforty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031; cf 辛亥革命
• 丁亥dīng hàitwenty-fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067
• 乙亥yǐ hàitwelfth year B12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1995 or 2055
• 己亥jǐ hàithirty-sixth year F12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1959 or 2019
• 俄亥俄É hài éOhio
• 俄亥俄州É hài é zhōuOhio
• 癸亥guǐ hàisixtieth year J12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1983 or 2043

Characters that look like 亥

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 言yánwords; speech; to say
• 皮pískin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering
• 贡gòngto offer tribute; tribute; gifts
• 宏hónggreat; magnificent; macro (computing)
• 岌jílofty peak; perilous

Sounds the same

Read hài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 害to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm
• 骇to astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
• 氦helium (chemistry)
• 嗐exclamation of regret
• 餀tainted food

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hài correctly.
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