# 戊

| 戊 | U+620A, &#25098; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-620A |
| ← 戉 [U+6209] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 戋 → [U+620B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

戊 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈竹 (IH), four-corner 5320$_0$, composition ⿰丿戈)

#### Derived characters

* 㧔, 䛋, 龯(𨱆), 戌, 成, 戚, 茂
* 𡶙, 𢏌, 𣳡, 𭸀, 𣆈, 𭩤, 𣬽, 𤇦, 𭷂, 𭸿, 𮁥, 𪾤, 𥍥, 𬗇, 𮊥, 𧉦, 𡏜, 𮨹, 𬵇, 𪌙, 𪉠, 𪗥
* 𩒃, 𫨵, 𢧓, 𡶔, 𫁸, 𩂟, 𫈼, 𩬕
* 𬏡, 𢦓, 成, 𢦡, 𢘱, 𢦲, 𢦩, 𤬹, 𫀄, 𢦽, 𭑿, 𮍏, 𢧒, 𤋆, 𢧦

#### References

* 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 戊 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 茂 | *mus |
| 戊 | *mus |
Pictogram (象形) : A halberd.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): wù (wu$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wu$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mou$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): vu
    (Hailu, HRS): vu$^˖$
* Eastern Min (BUC): muô
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bou$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bō͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhou$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$wu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wù
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wù
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^4$
*** Yale: wù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh
*** Palladius: у (u)
*** Sinological IPA : /u⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: wu$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: u
*** Sinological IPA : /vu²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mou$^6$
*** Yale: mouh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mou$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mou̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vu
*** Hakka Romanization System: vu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /vu⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: vu$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /vu³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: muô
*** Sinological IPA : /muɔ²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bou$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bō
*** Sinological IPA : /pɔu²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bō͘
*** Tâi-lô: bōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bɔ²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bɔ³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bhou$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bōu
*** Sinological IPA : /bou¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$wu
*** MiniDict: wu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit戊 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /u⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /u⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /u⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /u⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /vu⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /u⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /vu⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /v̩⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /vu⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /vu¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /u³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /u¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /u²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /u²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /u⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /u⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /vu⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | |
| Jin | Hohhot | /vu⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɦu²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /vu³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ɦu¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /møy²²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /u²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /u¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /u⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /u⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /u²¹/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /vu⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /vu⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /mou²²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /mu²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /mou²²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /bɔ²²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /muɔ²⁴²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /mu⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /bou³¹/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /vu³³/ |
* Middle Chinese: muwH
Rime :
| Character | 戊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 莫候切 |
| Baxter | muwH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /məu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /məu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /məu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /məw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /mu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /məu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mau$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m(r)uʔ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mus/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 戊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ muw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*m(r)uʔ-s/ (~ *m(r)uʔ) |
| English | 5th heavenly stem |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 戊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13226 |
| Phonetic component | 戊 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 茂 |
| Old Chinese | /*mus/ |
| Notes | 朱芳圃雲劉之初文 |

### Definitions

戊
* the fifth of the ten heavenly stems

### Coordinate terms

* (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)

### Compounds

* 戊戌政變 / 戊戌政变
* 戊戌變法 / 戊戌变法 (Wùxū Biànfǎ)
* 異戊橡膠 / 异戊橡胶

### Descendants

* → Zhuang: fouh

### References

* (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.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

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

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 戊
* ぼ Jinmeiyō
* kan'yōon
From Middle Chinese 戊 (muw$^H$).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぼ [bóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [bo̞]

#### Proper noun

戊(ぼ) • (Bo)
* 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

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 戊
* つちのえ Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
土 (Tsuchi, “Earth”, one of the Five Elements) +‎ の (no, attributive marker) +‎ 兄 (e, “elder brother”)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) つちのえ [tsùchínóꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [t͡sɨ̥t͡ɕino̞e̞]

#### Proper noun

戊(つちのえ) • (Tsuchinoe)
* 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

## Korean
### Hanja

戊 (eumhun 다섯째 천간 무 (daseotjjae cheon'gan mu))
* hanja form of 무 (“fifth heavenly stem”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

戊: Hán Nôm readings: mậu, mồ
* 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

#### Compounds

* 戊午 (Mậu Ngọ)
* 戊子 (Mậu Tý)
* 戊寅 (Mậu Dần)
* 戊戌 (Mậu Tuất)
* 戊申 (Mậu Thân)
* 戊辰 (Mậu Thìn)