Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 戌

11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog
ancient Chinese compass point: 300°

used in 屈戌兒／屈戌儿 (quqūr)

7-9 pm

eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054

forty-seventh year G11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030

thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018

Year 11, year of the Dog (e.g. 2006)

twenty-third year C11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2006 or 2066

fifty-ninth year I11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1982 or 2042

staple (used with a hasp)

Wùxū Wéixīn

Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty

Wùxū Zhèngbiàn

coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后 ( Cíxǐtàihòu) ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty

Wùxū Biànfǎ

Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty

Wùxū Liùjūnzǐ

戊戌六君子

[戊戌六君子]

the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同／谭嗣同 ( Tán Sìtóng), Lin Xu 林旭 ( Lín Xù), Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀／杨深秀 ( Yáng Shēnxiù), Liu Guangdi 劉光第／刘光第 ( Liú Guāngdì), Kang Guangren 康廣仁／康广仁 ( Kāng Guǎngrén) and Yang Rui 楊銳／杨锐 ( Yáng Ruì)