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子 |
zǐ 1st earthly branch; 11-1 a.m. (midnight) 鼠 shǔ rat son; child; seed; egg; small thing; (noun suffix) |
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丑[醜] |
chǒu 2nd earthly branch; 1-3 a.m. 牛 niú ox shameful; ugly; disgraceful; clown; (surname) |
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寅 |
yín 3rd earthly branch; 3-5 a.m. 虎 hǔ tiger |
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卯 |
mǎo 4th earthly branch; 5-7 a.m. 兔 tù rabbit |
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辰 |
chén 5th earthly branch; 7-9 a.m. 龍[龙] lóng dragon |
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巳 |
sì 6th earthly branch; 9-11 a.m. 蛇 shé snake |
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午 |
wǔ 7th earthly branch; 11-1 p.m. (noon) 馬[马] mǎ horse |
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未 |
wèi 8th earthly branch; 1-3 p.m. 羊 yáng sheep not yet; did not; have not; not |
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申 |
shēn 9th earthly branch; 3-5 p.m. 猴 hóu monkey extend; to state; to explain; (surname) |
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酉 |
yǒu 10th earthly branch; 5-7 p.m. 雞[鸡] jī rooster |
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戌 |
xū 11th earthly branch; 7-9 p.m. 狗 gǒu dog |
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亥 |
hài 12th earthly branch; 9-11 p.m. 猪[豬] zhū pig |
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甲 |
jiǎ 1st heavenly stem; 阳木 shell 1st in order, armor, one, words related to beetles, crustaceans, methanol |
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乙 |
yǐ 2nd heavenly stem; 阴木 fish vicera two, twist, words related to ethanol |
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丙 |
bǐng 3rd heavenly stem; 阳火 fishtail The third position; bright, fire, fishtail (rare) |
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丁 |
dīng 4th heavenly stem 阴火 nail male adult, siced, robust, T-shaped, onomatopoeia, (surname) |
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戊 |
wù 5th heavenly stem 阳土 lance |
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己 |
jǐ 6th heavenly stem; 阴土 (unknown) self |
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庚 |
gēng 7th heavenly stem; 阳金 evening star age (of person) |
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辛 |
xīn 8th heavenly stem; 阴金 (unknown) bitter, tired, toilsome |
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壬 |
rén 9th heavenly stem 阳水 porter? to shoulder |
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癸 |
guǐ 10th heavenly stem 阴水 both feet? |
