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Also known as hour of Rat, year of Rat, , shǐ, 鼠‎

1st sign of Chinese zodiac

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Chinese
Hanyu pinyin
shǔ
Wade giles
shu
Ipa
[ʂu ̀ ]
Romanization
chhú
Yale romanization
syú
Jyutping
syu2
Hokkien poj
chhú
Fuzhou buc
chṳ̄
Jian ou romanized
chṳ̌
Baxter sagart 2014
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Zodiac rat, showing the shǔ (鼠) character for rat/mouse Stone monument with a carving of a mouse, at Mount Hôrai-ji Buddhist Temple, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, showing the zǐ (子) character designating the first of the twelve Earthly Branches

The Rat or Mouse (鼠) is the first of the repeating 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac, constituting part of the Chinese calendar system (with similar systems in use elsewhere).

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