戌

xū · qu

11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th…

Radical: 戈 Strokes: 6

Structure: Top surroundFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

成战戏戒戎戈我戴截戚戮戟

Same radical

成战戏戒戎戈我戴截戚戮戟戍或戢

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Character Decomposition

戌=戊+一

Meanings2 pronunciations

xū

11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog

ancient Chinese compass point: 300°

qu

used in qū qu r

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Words with 戌 15 total

7-9 pm戌时xū shí twenty-third year C11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2006 or 2066丙戌bǐng xū fifty-ninth year I11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1982 or 2042壬戌rén xū forty-seventh year G11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030庚戌gēng xū thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018戊戌wù xū Year 11, year of the Dog (e.g. 2006)戌狗xū gǒu eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054甲戌jiǎ xū staple (used with a hasp)屈戌儿qū qu r Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty戊戌变法Wù xū Biàn fǎ coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后 ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty戊戌政变Wù xū Zhèng biàn Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty戊戌维新Wù xū Wéi xīn the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong, Lin Xu 林旭, Yang Shenxiu, Liu Guangdi, Kang Guangren and Yang Rui戊戌六君子Wù xū Liù jūn zǐ