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Rat (zodiac)

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Rat (zodiac)

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). The Year of the Rat in standard Chinese is Chinese: 鼠年; pinyin: shǔnián. The rat is associated with the first branch of the Earthly Branch symbol 子 (zǐ), which starts a repeating cycle of twelve years. The Chinese word shǔ (鼠) refers to various small rodents (Muroidea), such as rats and mice. The term "zodiac" ultimately derives from an Ancient Greek term referring to a "circle of little animals". There are also a yearly month of the rat and a daily hour of the rat (Chinese double hour, midnight, 11:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.). Years of the rat are cyclically differentiated by correlation to the Heavenly Stems cycle, resulting in a repeating cycle of five years of the rat (over a sixty-year period), each rat year also being associated with one of the Chinese wu xing, also known as the "five elements", or "phases": the "Five Phases" being Fire (火 huǒ), Water (水 shuǐ), Wood (木 mù), Metal (金 jīn), and Earth (土 tǔ).

Infobox

Chinese
鼠
Transcriptions
TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinshǔWade–Gilesshu3IPA[ʂù]HakkaRomanizationchhúYue: CantoneseYale RomanizationsyúJyutpingsyu2IPA[sy˧˥]Southern MinHokkien POJchhúOld ChineseBaxter–Sagart (2014)*l̥aʔ
Hanyu Pinyin
shǔ
Wade–Giles
shu3
IPA
[sy˧˥]
Romanization
chhú
Yale Romanization
syú
Jyutping
syu2
Hokkien POJ
chhú
Baxter–Sagart (2014)
l̥aʔ

Tables

· Years and the Five Elements
11 February 1804
11 February 1804
Start date
11 February 1804
End date
30 January 1805
Heavenly branch
Wood Rat
23 January 1816
23 January 1816
Start date
23 January 1816
End date
16 January 1817
Heavenly branch
Fire Rat
14 February 1828
14 February 1828
Start date
14 February 1828
End date
3 January 1829
Heavenly branch
Earth Rat
2 February 1840
2 February 1840
Start date
2 February 1840
End date
22 January 1841
Heavenly branch
Metal Rat
20 February 1852
20 February 1852
Start date
20 February 1852
End date
3 February 1853
Heavenly branch
Water Rat
8 February 1864
8 February 1864
Start date
8 February 1864
End date
26 January 1865
Heavenly branch
Wood Rat
26 January 1876
26 January 1876
Start date
26 January 1876
End date
12 February 1877
Heavenly branch
Fire Rat
12 February 1888
12 February 1888
Start date
12 February 1888
End date
30 January 1889
Heavenly branch
Earth Rat
31 January 1900
31 January 1900
Start date
31 January 1900
End date
18 February 1901
Heavenly branch
Metal Rat
18 February 1912
18 February 1912
Start date
18 February 1912
End date
5 February 1913
Heavenly branch
Water Rat
5 February 1924
5 February 1924
Start date
5 February 1924
End date
23 January 1925
Heavenly branch
Wood Rat
24 January 1936
24 January 1936
Start date
24 January 1936
End date
10 February 1937
Heavenly branch
Fire Rat
10 February 1948
10 February 1948
Start date
10 February 1948
End date
28 January 1949
Heavenly branch
Earth Rat
28 January 1960
28 January 1960
Start date
28 January 1960
End date
14 February 1961
Heavenly branch
Metal Rat
15 February 1972
15 February 1972
Start date
15 February 1972
End date
2 February 1973
Heavenly branch
Water Rat
2 February 1984
2 February 1984
Start date
2 February 1984
End date
19 February 1985
Heavenly branch
Wood Rat
19 February 1996
19 February 1996
Start date
19 February 1996
End date
6 February 1997
Heavenly branch
Fire Rat
7 February 2008
7 February 2008
Start date
7 February 2008
End date
25 January 2009
Heavenly branch
Earth Rat
25 January 2020
25 January 2020
Start date
25 January 2020
End date
11 February 2021
Heavenly branch
Metal Rat
11 February 2032
11 February 2032
Start date
11 February 2032
End date
30 January 2033
Heavenly branch
Water Rat
30 January 2044
30 January 2044
Start date
30 January 2044
End date
16 February 2045
Heavenly branch
Wood Rat
15 February 2056
15 February 2056
Start date
15 February 2056
End date
3 February 2057
Heavenly branch
Fire Rat
3 February 2068
3 February 2068
Start date
3 February 2068
End date
22 January 2069
Heavenly branch
Earth Rat
22 January 2080
22 January 2080
Start date
22 January 2080
End date
8 February 2081
Heavenly branch
Metal Rat
7 February 2092
7 February 2092
Start date
7 February 2092
End date
26 January 2093
Heavenly branch
Water Rat
Start date
End date
Heavenly branch
11 February 1804
30 January 1805
Wood Rat
23 January 1816
16 January 1817
Fire Rat
14 February 1828
3 January 1829
Earth Rat
2 February 1840
22 January 1841
Metal Rat
20 February 1852
3 February 1853
Water Rat
8 February 1864
26 January 1865
Wood Rat
26 January 1876
12 February 1877
Fire Rat
12 February 1888
30 January 1889
Earth Rat
31 January 1900
18 February 1901
Metal Rat
18 February 1912
5 February 1913
Water Rat
5 February 1924
23 January 1925
Wood Rat
24 January 1936
10 February 1937
Fire Rat
10 February 1948
28 January 1949
Earth Rat
28 January 1960
14 February 1961
Metal Rat
15 February 1972
2 February 1973
Water Rat
2 February 1984
19 February 1985
Wood Rat
19 February 1996
6 February 1997
Fire Rat
7 February 2008
25 January 2009
Earth Rat
25 January 2020
11 February 2021
Metal Rat
11 February 2032
30 January 2033
Water Rat
30 January 2044
16 February 2045
Wood Rat
15 February 2056
3 February 2057
Fire Rat
3 February 2068
22 January 2069
Earth Rat
22 January 2080
8 February 2081
Metal Rat
7 February 2092
26 January 2093
Water Rat
· Basic astrology elements
The Five Elements:
The Five Elements:
Earthly Branches of Birth Year:
The Five Elements:
子 Zi
Water
Cardinal Point:
Cardinal Point:
Earthly Branches of Birth Year:
Cardinal Point:
子 Zi
North (N)
Yin / Yang:
Yin / Yang:
Earthly Branches of Birth Year:
Yin / Yang:
子 Zi
Yang
Lunar Month:
Lunar Month:
Earthly Branches of Birth Year:
Lunar Month:
子 Zi
December 6 to January 7
Season:
Season:
Earthly Branches of Birth Year:
Season:
子 Zi
Winter
Earthly Branch Ruling Hours:
Earthly Branch Ruling Hours:
Earthly Branches of Birth Year:
Earthly Branch Ruling Hours:
子 Zi
11:00 p.m. to 12:59 a.m
Twelve Heavenly Generals:
Twelve Heavenly Generals:
Earthly Branches of Birth Year:
Twelve Heavenly Generals:
子 Zi
Sanskrit: Vikala (Hanzi: 毘羯羅)
Lucky Flowers:
Lucky Flowers:
Earthly Branches of Birth Year:
Lucky Flowers:
子 Zi
Lily of each and every species
Lucky Numbers:
Lucky Numbers:
Earthly Branches of Birth Year:
Lucky Numbers:
子 Zi
1, 3, 6, 8; Avoid: 4, 5, 9
Lucky Colors:
Lucky Colors:
Earthly Branches of Birth Year:
Lucky Colors:
子 Zi
black, gold, blue, green; Avoid: yellow, brown
Lucky/Associated Countries:
Lucky/Associated Countries:
Earthly Branches of Birth Year:
Lucky/Associated Countries:
子 Zi
Germany, Austria, Israel, Türkiye, Sweden, Iran
Earthly Branches of Birth Year:
子 Zi
The Five Elements:
Water
Cardinal Point:
North (N)
Yin / Yang:
Yang
Lunar Month:
December 6 to January 7
Season:
Winter
Earthly Branch Ruling Hours:
11:00 p.m. to 12:59 a.m
Twelve Heavenly Generals:
Sanskrit: Vikala (Hanzi: 毘羯羅)
Lucky Flowers:
Lily of each and every species
Lucky Numbers:
1, 3, 6, 8; Avoid: 4, 5, 9
Lucky Colors:
black, gold, blue, green; Avoid: yellow, brown
Lucky/Associated Countries:
Germany, Austria, Israel, Türkiye, Sweden, Iran

References

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    http://pinyin.info/chinese_new_year/
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    http://www.yourchineseastrology.com/zodiac/rat.htm
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    http://japanesezodiac.org/
  9. China's grandmothers : gender, family, and aging from late Qing to twenty-first century
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