地支
Traditional form:
地支
Pinyin (reading):
dìzhī
Definitions:
- the 12 earthly branches 子 (zǐ), 丑 (chǒu), 寅 (yín), 卯 (mǎo), 辰 (chén), 巳 (sì), 午 (wǔ), 未 (wèi), 申 (shēn), 酉 (yǒu), 戌 (xū), 亥 (hài), used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
Characters:
- 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
- 支 - to support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank)
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