戊戌

Chinese

		5th heavenly stem	11th earthly branch; 7–9 p.m.
simp. and trad. (戊戌)		戊	戌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wùxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶ seot¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): muô-sáe̤k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bō͘-sut / bō͘-sù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wùxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùsyu
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴-hsü¹
    • Yale: wù-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhshiu
    • Palladius: усюй (usjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁶ seot¹
    • Yale: mouh sēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶ soet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶ sêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²² sɵt̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: muô-sáe̤k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muo²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(s-)lɔyʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bō͘-sut
    • Tâi-lô: bōo-sut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxsud
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ³³⁻²¹ sut̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔ³³⁻¹¹ sut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ⁴¹⁻²² sut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bɔ²²⁻²¹ sut̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bō͘-sù
    • Tâi-lô: bōo-sù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxsux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ⁴¹⁻²² su⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: muwH swit

Rime
Character	戊	戌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	術 (52)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	莫候切	辛聿切
Baxter	muwH	swit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/məuH/	/siuɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/məuH/	/sʷit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/məuH/	/sjuet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwH/	/swit̚/
Li Rong	/muH/	/siuĕt̚/
Wang Li	/məuH/	/sĭuĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mə̯uH/	/si̯uĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mòu	xu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mau6	seot1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m(r)uʔ-s  s.mi[t]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mus  smid/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	戊	戌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wù	xū
Middle Chinese	‹ muwH ›	‹ swit ›
Old Chinese	/*m(r)uʔ-s/ (~ *m(r)uʔ)	/*s.mi[t]/
English	5th heavenly stem	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	戊	戌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13226	13945
Phonetic component	戊	戌
Rime group	幽	質
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	茂	卹
Old Chinese	/*mus/	/*smid/
Notes	朱芳圃雲劉之初文

Noun

戊戌

1. The thirty-fifth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Earth Dog" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.

Coordinate terms

• (Chinese sexagenary cycle terms) 干支 (gānzhī); 甲子 (jiǎzǐ), 乙丑 (yǐchǒu), 丙寅 (bǐngyín), 丁卯 (dīngmǎo), 戊辰 (wùchén), 己巳 (jǐsì), 庚午 (gēngwǔ), 辛未 (xīnwèi), 壬申 (rénshēn), 癸酉 (guǐyǒu), 甲戌 (jiǎxū), 乙亥 (yǐhài), 丙子 (bǐngzǐ), 丁丑 (dīngchǒu), 戊寅 (wùyín), 己卯 (jǐmǎo), 庚辰 (gēngchén), 辛巳 (xīnsì), 壬午 (rénwǔ), 癸未 (guǐwèi), 甲申 (jiǎshēn), 乙酉 (yǐyǒu), 丙戌 (bǐngxū), 丁亥 (dīnghài), 戊子 (wùzǐ), 己丑 (jǐchǒu), 庚寅 (gēngyín), 辛卯 (xīnmǎo), 壬辰 (rénchén), 癸巳 (guǐsì), 甲午 (jiǎwǔ), 乙未 (yǐwèi), 丙申 (bǐngshēn), 丁酉 (dīngyǒu), 戊戌 (wùxū), 己亥 (jǐhài), 庚子 (gēngzǐ), 辛丑 (xīnchǒu), 壬寅 (rényín), 癸卯 (guǐmǎo), 甲辰 (jiǎchén), 乙巳 (yǐsì), 丙午 (bǐngwǔ), 丁未 (dīngwèi), 戊申 (wùshēn), 己酉 (jǐyǒu), 庚戌 (gēngxū), 辛亥 (xīnhài), 壬子 (rénzǐ), 癸丑 (guǐchǒu), 甲寅 (jiǎyín), 乙卯 (yǐmǎo), 丙辰 (bǐngchén), 丁巳 (dīngsì), 戊午 (wùwǔ), 己未 (jǐwèi), 庚申 (gēngshēn), 辛酉 (xīnyǒu), 壬戌 (rénxū), 癸亥 (guǐhài) ^{(Category: zh:Chinese sexagenary cycle terms)}

Derived terms

• 戊戌政變 / 戊戌政变
• 戊戌變法 / 戊戌变法 (Wùxū Biànfǎ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (戊戌):

• → Japanese: 戊(ぼ)戌(じゅつ) (bojutsu)
• → Korean: 무술(戊戌) (musul)
• → Vietnamese: mậu tuất (戊戌)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
戊	戌
つちのえ Jinmeiyō	いぬ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Compound of 戊(つちのえ) (tsuchinoe, “the fifth heavenly stem”) + 戌(いぬ) (inu, “the Dog, the eleventh earthly branch”)

Noun

戊(つちのえ)戌(いぬ) • (tsuchinoeinu) 

1. Earth Dog, the thirty-fifth term of the sexagenary cycle

   Hypernym: 干支

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
戊	戌
ぼ Jinmeiyō	しん Hyōgai
on'yomi

Compound of 戊(ぼ) (bo, “the fifth heavenly stem”) + 戌(しん) (shin, “the Dog, the eleventh earthly branch”)

Noun

戊(ぼ)戌(しん) • (boshin) 

1. Earth Dog, the thirty-fifth term of the sexagenary cycle

   Hypernym: 干支

Korean

Hanja in this term
戊	戌

Noun

戊戌 • (musul) (hangeul 무술)

1. hanja form^? of 무술 (“Earth Dog, the thirty-fifth in the sexagenary cycle”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
戊	戌

Proper noun

戊戌

1. chữ Hán form of Mậu Tuất (“the 35th year of the sexagenary cycle; the year of the Dog”).