What does the sea mean?

Hai, one of the twelve branches, is used in calendar, medicine, divination, astronomy, geography and so on.

1, five elements: water

2. The strokes of Kangxi Dictionary: 6

3. Word solution: The last branch of Hai à i is pig. Used for timing: Shihai (9: 00 pm to 1 1 point).

4. Original meaning: The original meaning refers to pigs, and the old time refers to 9: 00 pm to 1 1 pm.

Other explanations and supplements:

(1) (pictogram. The shape of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, similar to the writing of tapir, looks like a pig. In ancient times, "sea" and "tapir" were easily confused. The idiom "Lu Yu has tapirs" is about this misreading phenomenon. Original pig).

(2) the same meaning [pig; Pig]

Tapirs are similar to the sea -"Lu Chunqiu, Caution".

Hey, jackal. -"On Balance and Material Potential".

The sea is a jackal, so the first day is the body. -Thirty Years of Zuo Zhuan's "xianggong".

(3) the last branch of the earthly branch 【 ThelastofthetwelweethlyBranches 】.

(4) Match the heavenly stems and make a date.

⑤ Used to record the moon. October in the lunar calendar is the sea.

(6) Mark the days with heavenly stems.

(7) Used to record the time, that is, from 9: 00 pm to 1 1 point.

(8) The zodiac is a pig.