Also known as hour of Rat, year of Rat, zǐ, shǐ, 鼠
1st sign of Chinese zodiac
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- Chinese
- 鼠
- 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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