寅
Meanings
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- 1.3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger
- 2.ancient Chinese compass point: 60°
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Wiktionary
- 1.to revere; to respect
- 2.third of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
- 3.tiger (虎) of Chinese zodiac
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Etymology
Originally an ideogram (指事): an arrow 矢 with a distinguishing mark (now 日). Chen (2019) considers it the original character of 演 (“to advance; to stretch”). In the modern form the arrowhead has corrupted into 宀. ; 3rd earthly branch : Association with the tiger was possibly arbitrary, just like 辰 (chén) with the dragon (see Ferlus, 2013)
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Related words
丙寅 third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046庚寅 twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070寅虎 Year 3, year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010)寅时 3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)甲寅 51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034戊寅 fifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058壬寅 thirty-ninth year I3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1962 or 2022唐寅 Tang Bohu 唐伯虎 or Tang Yin (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子文在寅 Moon Jae-in (1953-), Korean politician and human rights lawyer, president of Korea from 2017子丑寅卯 (idiom) a full and coherent account of a matter; the complete facts of the case; the whole story寅吃卯粮 lit. eating away next year's food in advance寅支卯粮 see 寅吃卯粮[yín chī mǎo liáng]