Character Contained In References Comments
 Simplified  Traditional  Ancient forms  Archaic forms
   traditional form

Variants

Phonetic

Semantic

Apparent
Mandarin
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English
Definitions
5th earthly branch; 7-9 a.m.; 5th terrestrial branch; early morning; the fifth earthly branch
Mnemonic
Amidst the effort of walking up to a cliff one looks at the stars above
Etymology
Notes
The archaic form of this character looks like a rope-bridge attached to a cliff ; the foot component at bottom may emphasize this; rope-bridge would explain the derivative meaning of to shake (see ); ancient meaning was a constellation seen in Spring; sometimes was included pointing up to the sky; by extension refers to morning or springtime etc.