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亥 means 'sign of the hog' or 'hog'

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Strokes : 6    Frequency: 3020   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-9    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 8 words   Used in 14 words   Used in 132 names   Component in 25 kanji (5 Jōyō)
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Common readings
Kun
   い sign of the hog   いのしし hog
Additional readings
On    ガイ   カイ
Kun    い sign of the hog, 9-11PM, twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac
Name    り
Notes
十 (ten)二 (two)支 (support)十 (ten)二 (two)番 (turn)
Components
幺 short thread  亠 lid  
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亥 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 亥 is used 14 times, read 2 ways.
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noun
48th of the sexagenary cycle
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noun
Day-of-the-Boar Festival  (see also: 亥の子)
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Additional less common words include 亥 but readings have not yet been categorized.
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亥
sign of the hog; hog   い sign of the hog   いのしし hog   
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幺
short, tiny   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
亠
lid
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