A carving of the Chinese zodiac on the ceiling of the gate to Kushida Shrine in Fukuoka, Japan
Chinese name
Chinese
地支
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
dìzhī
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
deih ji
Jyutping
dei6 zi1
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
tē-chi / tōe-chi
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet
Địa Chi
Chữ Hán
地支
Korean name
Hangul
지지
Hanja
地支
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization
jiji
Japanese name
Kanji
地支
Hiragana
ちし
Transcriptions
Romanization
chishi
12 Branches
Chinese
十二支
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
shí'èr zhī
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
sahp yih ji
Jyutping
sap6 ji6 zi1
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
si̍p-jī-chi / cha̍p-jī-chi / cha̍p-lī-ki
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.
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