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Keyword
slash with a dagger-axe
  • 5th calendar sign
Strokes
5
Grade
9
Readings
ボ
ボウ
つちのえ
Mnemonic
A guard swings his dagger-axe at a fly, adds a quick slash left for luck, and the slash with a dagger-axe shaves off his own moustache.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
戊ぼ辰しん戦せん争そう
Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
Noun
戊つちのえ
5th in rank; fifth sign of the Chinese calendar
Noun