Kanji List

巳

• kun: み
• on: シ
• meaning: sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac
• words:

  Word	Reading	Meaning
  巳	み	sixth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Serpent, 9am-11am, south-southeast, April)
  巳年	みどし, へびどし	year of the snake
  辰巳	たつみ	southeast
  己巳	きし	sixth of the sexagenary cycle
  上巳	じょうし	March 3rd of the lunar calendar (one of the five annual festivals)
  初巳	はつみ	first Serpent day of the year
  巳の日の祓	みのひのはらえ	purification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the third month of the lunar calendar