地支

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Chinese

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) 地 支
simp. #(地支) 地 支
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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 地 支
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 脂 (15) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 徒四切 章移切
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/dʱiH/ /t͡ɕie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dì zhī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		dei6 zi1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 地 支 支
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		dì zhī zhī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dijH › ‹ tsye › ‹ tsye ›
Old
Chinese 		/*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. * 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 地 支
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 14808 17200
Phonetic
component 		也 支
Rime
group 		歌 支
Rime
subdivision 		2 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		地 支
Old
Chinese 		/*l'els/ /*kje/

Noun

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

Kanji in this term
地 支
ち
Grade: 2 		し
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

地(ち)支(し) • (chishi) 

  1. earthly branch
    Synonym: 十二支 (jūnishi)
    Hyponyms: 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥

Korean

Hanja in this term
地支

Noun

地支 • (jiji) (hangeul 지지)

  1. hanja form? of 지지 (“earthly branch”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
地支

Noun

地支

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