地支

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Chinese

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earth; ground; field
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
 
(a measure word); to support; to sustain
(a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money
 
trad. (地支)
simp. #(地支)
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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (7) (23)
Final () (15) (11)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter dijH tsye
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/diɪH/ /t͡ɕiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/diH/ /t͡ɕiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/djɪH/ /t͡ɕjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/diH/ /ciə̆/
Li
Rong
/diH/ /t͡ɕie/
Wang
Li
/diH/ /t͡ɕǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱiH/ /t͡ɕie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dei6 zi1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhī zhī
Middle
Chinese
‹ dijH › ‹ tsye › ‹ tsye ›
Old
Chinese
/*[l]ˁej-s/ /*ke/ /*ke/
English earth, ground support, hold up branch (of tree), limb

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 14808 17200
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l'els/ /*kje/

Noun

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地支

  1. An earthly branch: one of the twelve terms used in East Asian cultures to represent
    1. (historical astronomy) The (approximately) twelve years of Jupiter's orbital period, forming the Chinese zodiac and personified as twelve or sixty gods known as Tai Sui.
    2. (astrology) The twelve animals representing the Chinese zodiac, particularly as a birthyear.
    3. (obsolete) The twelve months of the Chinese lunar year.
    4. (historical navigation) The twelve bearings of traditional Chinese navigation, comprising 30° divisions of the compass beginning with due north.
    5. (historical astronomy) The duodecimal divisions of the Chinese seasons, beginning with the second of the three divisions of winter.
    6. (historical chronometry) The duodecimal divisions of the day into "Chinese" or "double hours", beginning with 11 pm.
    7. (historical chronometry) The exact time at the middle of a "Chinese" or "double hour", beginning with midnight.
  2. The twelve earthly branches as a whole.

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: 5
on'yomi

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()() (chishi

  1. earthly branch
    Synonym: 十二支 (jūnishi)
    Hyponyms: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Korean

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Hanja in this term

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地支 (jiji) (hangeul 지지)

  1. hanja form? of 지지 (earthly branch)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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地支

  1. chữ Hán form of địa chi (earthly branch).