The wide earth (soil) is also where all things flourish and grow.
地支
the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑[chou3], 寅[yin2], 卯[mao3], 辰[chen2], 巳[si4], 午[wu3], 未[wei4], 申[shen1], 酉[you3], 戌[xu1], 亥[hai4], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
MEANING
- 壹名noun
the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑[chou3], 寅[yin2], 卯[mao3], 辰[chen2], 巳[si4], 午[wu3], 未[wei4], 申[shen1], 酉[you3], 戌[xu1], 亥[hai4], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
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The Earthly Branches are part of the traditional Chinese method of recording years.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 十(ten; branch)ASSOCIATIVE
- 又(right hand)ASSOCIATIVE
A hand grasping a tree branch depicts the image of support and branching.
the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑[chou3], 寅[yin2], 卯[mao3], 辰[chen2], 巳[si4], 午[wu3], 未[wei4], 申[shen1], 酉[you3], 戌[xu1], 亥[hai4], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
MEANING
- 壹名noun
the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑[chou3], 寅[yin2], 卯[mao3], 辰[chen2], 巳[si4], 午[wu3], 未[wei4], 申[shen1], 酉[you3], 戌[xu1], 亥[hai4], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
- 。
The Earthly Branches are part of the traditional Chinese method of recording years.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 十(ten; branch)ASSOCIATIVE
- 又(right hand)ASSOCIATIVE
A hand grasping a tree branch depicts the image of support and branching.
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