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戌

qu

Character

What 戌 means

1. used in {屈戌儿|qū qu r}

Other readings

戌 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xū11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog

Words starting with 戌

• 戌时xū shí7-9 pm
• 戌狗xū gǒuYear 11, year of the Dog (e.g. 2006)

Words containing 戌

• 丙戌bǐng xūtwenty-third year C11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2006 or 2066
• 壬戌rén xūfifty-ninth year I11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1982 or 2042
• 庚戌gēng xūforty-seventh year G11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030
• 戊戌wù xūthirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018
• 甲戌jiǎ xūeleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054
• 屈戌儿qū qu rstaple (used with a hasp)
• 戊戌政变Wù xū Zhèng biàncoup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后
• 戊戌维新Wù xū Wéi xīnHundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
• 戊戌变法Wù xū Biàn fǎHundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
• 戊戌六君子Wù xū Liù jūn zǐthe Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its…

Characters that look like 戌

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

• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete
• 戒jièto guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn
• 忒tèto err; to change
• 戊wùfifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; fifth in order…
• 戎rónggeneric term for weapons (old); army (matters); military affairs
• 戍shùgarrison

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