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See also: 戊, 戍, and 戉

戌 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈竹一 (IHM), four-corner 53200, composition ⿵戊一(GHTJK) or ⿹戈⿰丿一(V))

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 411, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11535
  • Dae Jaweon: page 752, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1398, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+620C
simp. and trad.
 戌
Old Chinese
滅 *med
搣 *med
烕 *hmed
戌 *smid
珬 *smid
銊 *smid

Pictogram (象形) .

Smith (2011) proposes that 戌 (OC *smid), graphically depicting an ax or halberd, is a nominal derivative of the verb 滅 (OC *med) "to annihilate" "by the multivalent prefix *s- (‘annihilate’ > ‘annihilator’ and thus ‘axe’)", and it was used to name the late, broad waxing crescent moon.

Association with the dog was possibly arbitrary; just as how 辰 was associated arbitarily with the dragon (see Ferlus, 2013).

  • Dialectal data
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 戌
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xū
Middle
Chinese 		‹ swit ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s.mi[t]/
English 11th earthly branch

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 戌
Reading # 1/1
No. 13945
Phonetic
component 		戌
Rime
group 		質
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		卹
Old
Chinese 		/*smid/

戌

  1. eleventh of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
  2. Dog (狗) of Chinese zodiac

戌

  1. Only used in 屈戌 (“metal fastening”).

For pronunciation and definitions of 戌 – see 恤 (“(Cantonese) latch”).
(This character is a variant form of 恤).

戌

(Hyōgai kanji)

Kanji in this term
戌
いぬ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

From 犬 (inu, “dog”).

戌(いぬ) • (Inu) 

  1. the Dog, the eleventh of the twelve Earthly Branches
    Hypernyms: 十二支, 地支
    Coordinate terms: 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥

戌(いぬ) • (inu) 

  1. the hour of the dog; a historical dual-hour equivalent to 7PM - 9PM
    • c. 935,: Tosa Nikki (page 3)

      それの年の十二月の二十日あまり一日の日の戌の刻に、門出す。

      I departed on the twenty and one day of the twelfth month of that year at the hour of the dog.
Kanji in this term
戌
じゅつ
Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 戌 (swit).

戌(じゅつ) • (Jutsu) 

  1. the Dog, the eleventh of the twelve Earthly Branches
    Hypernyms: 十二支, 地支
    Coordinate terms: 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥
  • Hasegawa, Masaharu with Yūichirō Imanishi, Hiroshi Itō, Hiroshi Yoshioka (1989) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 24: Tosa Nikki, Kagerō Nikki, Murasaki Shikibu Nikki, Sarashina Nikki, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

戌 (eum 술 (sul))

  1. 11th terrestrial branch

戌: Hán Nôm readings: tuất

  1. chữ Hán form of Tuất (“eleventh of the twelve earthly branches”).
    Hypernyms: 地支, 十二支
    Coordinate terms: 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥