地支 dìzhī twelve earthly branches Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 地支 dìzhī twelve earthly branches The twelve signs used in ancient Chinese calculations of time and order, often paired with the 天干 tiāngān to form a sixty-year cycle. Frequency Written text 0.273 per million Cross-References See 天干 tiāngānSame as 十二支 shí'èrzhī岁阴 suìyīnReferenced by 辰 chén未 wèi支 zhī亥 hài生肖 shēngxiào戌 xū寅 yín酉 yǒu甲子 jiǎzǐ枝干 zhīgàn子丑寅卯 zǐchǒuyínmǎo肖属 xiàoshǔ丙辰 bǐngchén丙戌 bǐngxū丙子 bǐngzǐ丙午 bǐngwǔ己巳 jǐsì甲申 jiǎshēn甲寅 jiǎyín戊申 wùshēn戊戌 wùxū Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
地支 dìzhī twelve earthly branches The twelve signs used in ancient Chinese calculations of time and order, often paired with the 天干 tiāngān to form a sixty-year cycle. Frequency Written text 0.273 per million Cross-References See 天干 tiāngānSame as 十二支 shí'èrzhī岁阴 suìyīnReferenced by 辰 chén未 wèi支 zhī亥 hài生肖 shēngxiào戌 xū寅 yín酉 yǒu甲子 jiǎzǐ枝干 zhīgàn子丑寅卯 zǐchǒuyínmǎo肖属 xiàoshǔ丙辰 bǐngchén丙戌 bǐngxū丙子 bǐngzǐ丙午 bǐngwǔ己巳 jǐsì甲申 jiǎshēn甲寅 jiǎyín戊申 wùshēn戊戌 wùxū Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)