Earthly Branches

Earthly Branches
A carving of the Chinese zodiac on the ceiling of the gate to Kushida Shrine in Fukuoka, Japan
Chinese name
Chinese地支
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetĐịa Chi
Chữ Hán地支
Korean name
Hangul지지
Hanja地支
Japanese name
Kanji地支
Hiraganaちし
12 Branches
Chinese十二

The twelve Earthly Branches or Terrestrial Branches[1] are a Chinese ordering system used throughout East Asia in various contexts, including its ancient dating system, astrological traditions, zodiac and ordinals.

  1. ^ Yuval Blum (22 February 2011). "Introduction to the "STEMS AND BRANCHES" theory". Mahaya Forest Hill Integrative Health Clinic, Toronto. Archived from the original on 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2018-08-27.

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