十二支 (shí èr zhī) — the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)

十二支

shí èr zhī

the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)

Characters

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

radical 十components ⿻一丨

二

two; twice

radical 二components ⿱一一

支

to support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank)

radical 支components ⿱十又