Wiki concept · Chinese & East Asian calendars
Chou branch
Also called Chou Earthly Branch
Chou (丑) is the second Earthly Branch, paired with Ox and assigned 01:00–03:00 in the hour table.
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Word origin · etymology
Romanized Chinese calendrical name Chou (丑), ordinal 2.
Historical character derivation is not established by the cited calendar tables.
HKO: Stems and Branches ↗HKO: Twelve Animals ↗
How we know · epistemology
Calendrical convention
Branch ordinal, animal and hour range are calendrical mappings, not traits.
HKO: Stems and Branches ↗
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