戊

戊 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈竹 (IH), four-corner 5320₀, composition ⿰丿戈)

• 㧔, 䛋, 龯(𨱆), 戌, 成, 戚, 茂

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 411, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11532
• Dae Jaweon: page 752, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1397, character 4
• Unihan data for U+620A

Pictogram (象形) : A halberd.

戊

1. the fifth of the ten heavenly stems

• (Chinese heavenly stems) 天干 (tiāngān); 甲 (jiǎ), 乙 (yǐ), 丙 (bǐng), 丁 (dīng), 戊 (wù), 己 (jǐ), 庚 (gēng), 辛 (xīn), 壬 (rén), 癸 (guǐ) ^{(Category: zh:Chinese heavenly stems)}

• → Zhuang: fouh

• (Min Nan) “戊”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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• Go-on: む (mu)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kan’yō-on: ぼ (bo)
• Kun: つちのえ (tsuchinoe, 戊)

From Middle Chinese 戊 (muw^H).

• (Tokyo) ぼ [bóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bo̞]

戊(ぼ) • (Bo) 

1. the fifth of the ten heavenly stems

   Hypernyms: 天干 (tenkan), 十干 (jikkan)

   Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸

土 (Tsuchi, “Earth”, one of the Five Elements) +‎ の (no, attributive marker) +‎ 兄 (e, “elder brother”)

• (Tokyo) つちのえ [tsùchínóꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨ̥t͡ɕino̞e̞]

戊(つちのえ) • (Tsuchinoe) 

1. the fifth of the ten heavenly stems

   Hypernyms: 天干 (tenkan), 十干 (jikkan)

   Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸

戊 (eumhun 다섯째 천간 무 (daseotjjae cheon'gan mu))

1. hanja form^? of 무 (“fifth heavenly stem”)

戊: Hán Nôm readings: mậu, mồ

1. chữ Hán form of Mậu (“fifth of the ten heavenly stems”)

   Hypernyms: 天干, 十干

   Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸