U+620C "戌" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+620C "戌" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily represents the eleventh Earthly Branch, which corresponds to the Dog in the Chinese zodiac and is associated with the direction west-northwest, the time period from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, and the month of October or November in the traditional Chinese calendar. In classical Chinese, it can also refer to a type of ancient weapon or tool, such as a broad-bladed dagger axe, and is used as a radical or component in other characters. This character appears in historical texts like oracle bone script and bronze inscriptions, where it was originally a pictograph of a halberd, and today it remains in common use for calendar, horoscope, and ritual purposes across East Asian cultures.