十二支
Traditional form:
十二支
Pinyin (reading):
shí'èrzhī
Definitions:
- the 12 earthly branches 子 (zǐ), 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)
Characters:
- 十 - ten, tenth; complete; perfect
- 二 - two; twice
- 支 - to support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank)
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