Earthly Branches
an ancient ordering system of 12 ordinals, from east to west, also used in the dating system for time, astrological traditions, zodiac and ordinals in East Asia countries
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Earthly Branches
Summary
Earthly Branches is an unit of time[1]. It draws 340 Wikipedia views per month (unit_of_time category, ranking #16 of 82).[2]
Key Facts
- Earthly Branches's image is recorded as Chinese Zodiac carvings on ceiling of Kushida Shrine, Fukuoka.jpg[3].
- Earthly Branches's image is recorded as Stone Statue of Earthly Branches 01.jpg[4].
- Earthly Branches's instance of is recorded as unit of time[5].
- Earthly Branches's instance of is recorded as notation[6].
- Earthly Branches's instance of is recorded as dodecad[7].
- Earthly Branches's subclass of is recorded as numbering scheme[8].
- Earthly Branches's part of is recorded as Sexagenary cycle[9].
- Earthly Branches's Commons category is recorded as Earthly Branches[10].
- Earthly Branches's said to be the same as is recorded as Shi'er chen[11].
- Earthly Branches's has part is recorded as zǐ[12].
- Earthly Branches's has part is recorded as chǒu[13].
- Earthly Branches's has part is recorded as yín[14].
- Earthly Branches's has part is recorded as mǎo[15].
- Earthly Branches's has part is recorded as chén[16].
- Earthly Branches's has part is recorded as Snake_(zodiac)[17].
- Earthly Branches's has part is recorded as wǔ[18].
- Earthly Branches's has part is recorded as wèi[19].
- Earthly Branches's has part is recorded as shēn[20].
- Earthly Branches's has part is recorded as yǒu[21].
- Earthly Branches's has part is recorded as xū[22].
- Earthly Branches's has part is recorded as hài[23].
- Earthly Branches's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01t_zj[24].
- Earthly Branches's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Earthly Branches[25].
- Earthly Branches's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+12'}[26].
- Earthly Branches's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '地支'}[27].
Why It Matters
Earthly Branches draws 340 Wikipedia views per month (unit_of_time category, ranking #16 of 82).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]