巳

Vocabulary (12)

• 己巳

  きし

  Earth Snake (6th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1929, 1989, 2049)

• 丁巳

  ていし

  Fire Snake (54th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1917, 1977, 2037)

• 辛巳

  かのとみ

  Metal Snake (18th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1941, 2001, 2061)

• 癸巳

  きし

  Water Snake (30th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1953, 2013, 2073)

• 乙巳

  いっし

  Wood Snake (42nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)

• 已己巳己

  いこみき

  all the same

• 巳の日

  みのひ

  day of the Snake

• 初巳

  はつみ

  first Serpent day of the year

• 辰巳芸者

  たつみげいしゃ

  geisha from the Fukagawa red-light district in Edo

• 巳の日の祓

  みのひのはらえ

  purification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the 3rd month of the lunar calendar

• 巽

  たつみ

  southeast

• 巳の年

  へびのとし

  year of the Snake