Wiki concept · Chinese & East Asian calendars
You branch
Also called You Earthly Branch
You (酉) is the tenth Earthly Branch, paired with Rooster and assigned 17:00–19:00 in the hour table.
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Word origin · etymology
Romanized Chinese calendrical name You (酉), ordinal 10.
Historical character derivation is not established by the cited calendar tables.
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How we know · epistemology
Calendrical convention
Branch ordinal, animal and hour range are calendrical mappings, not traits.
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