5 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 3rd grade
JLPT exam level N3

have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac

Kun'yomi
  • to say ②to do
  • もうし-
  • the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac) ②hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm) ③west-southwest ④7th month of the lunar calendar
On'yomi
  • シン

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

もうもうし- 92.6%
シン 4.6%
さる 2.8%

Character Breakdown

have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM
もう.す シン さる (3rd, N3)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ

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References

Unicode hex code 7533
JIS X 0208 1-31-29
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 93
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3726
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Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 0a5.39
Four corner code 5000.6
De Roo Code 1655