丙

third class

Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingヘイ

Kun readingひのえ

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

third classRtK
3rd
3rd calendar sign

third rank
third person (in a contract, etc.)
third sign of the Chinese calendar

Synonyms

Homonyms

ⓘ

Same reading (へい)

Radicals and components

Radical一one

Components

How it's built

丙

→
→
- →
- →

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

one (一) · ceiling (冖) · inside · person (人) · belt

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1096

Compound words

丙午ひのえうま

Fire Horse (43rd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1906, 1966, 2026)

丙子ひのえね

Fire Rat (13th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1936, 1996, 2056)

丙種へいしゅ

丙申ひのえさる

Fire Monkey (33rd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1956, 2016, 2076)

丙辰ひのえたつ

Fire Dragon (53rd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1916, 1976, 2036)

丙寅ひのえとら

Fire Tiger (3rd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1926, 1986, 2046)

丙夜へいや

third division of the night (approx. 11pm to 1am)

丙戌ひのえいぬ

Fire Dog (23rd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1946, 2006, 2066)

甲乙丙こうおつへい

甲乙丙丁こうおつへいてい

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 丙

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step