DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

戊辰

Mandarin · pinyin wù chén

fifth year E5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1988 or 2048

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

戊: wù · 5th heavenly stem
辰: chén · early morning; fifth earthly branch; Kangxi radical 161

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–2 · wu4 chen2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

2character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

戊辰 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

noun

The fifth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Earth Dragon" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack