Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: third class, 3rd, 3rd calendar sign

Kunyomi: ひのえ

Onyomi: ヘイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: one

Examples

Onyomi Examples

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

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

甲乙 コウオツヘイ ABC, 1, 2 and 3

Kunyomi Examples

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

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