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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
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 		/*[l]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. *[t] 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/

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

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
Hanja in this term
地支

地支 • (jiji) (hangeul 지지)

  1. hanja form? of 지지 (“earthly branch”)
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
地支

地支

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