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巳

sì

Character

What 巳 means

1. 6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake
2. ancient Chinese compass point: 150°

Words starting with 巳

• 巳时sì shí9-11 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
• 巳蛇sì shéYear 6, year of the Snake (e.g. 2001)

Words containing 巳

• 丁巳dīng sìfifty-fourth year D6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1977 or 2037
• 乙巳yǐ sìforty-second year B6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025
• 己巳jǐ sìsixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049
• 癸巳guǐ sìthirtieth year J6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2013 or 2073
• 辛巳xīn sìeighteenth year H6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2001 or 2061
• 丁巳复辟Dīng sì Fù bìsee 张勋复辟

Characters built on 尸

These share the phonetic component 尸 (shī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 尼níBuddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)
• 尺chǐa Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler
• 屁pìfart; flatulence; nonsense
• 屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
• 辟pìpenal law; variant of 辟
• 屄bīcunt (vulgar)
• 屉tìdrawer; tier; tray
• 屐jīclogs

Characters that look like 巳

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

• 己jǐself; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
• 已yǐalready; to stop; then
• 巴bāto long for; to wish; to cling to

Sounds the same

Read sì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 四four; 4
• 似to seem; to appear; to resemble
• 寺Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
• 肆four (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton
• 饲to raise; to rear; to feed
• 嗣succession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition)
• 食to feed (a person or animal)
• 伺to watch; to wait; to examine
• 祀to sacrifice; to offer libation to
• 泗nasal mucus
• 厕used in 茅厕
• 姒wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old); elder sister (old)