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| 丑 | chǒu | clown / 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox / ancient Chinese compass point: 30° |
| 乙 | yǐ | second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105° |
| 丁 | dīng | male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl |
| 甲 | jiǎ | first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° |
| 未 | wèi | not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210° |
| 乾 | qián | one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven / male principle / ☰ / ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest) |
| 子 | zǐ | son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 四大发明 | sì dà fā míng | the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder |
| 丙 | bǐng | third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / third in order / letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 165° / propyl |
| 规矩 | guī ju | lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved |
| 规矩准绳 | guī ju zhǔn shéng | compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom); fig. established standard / norms / criteria |
| 循规蹈矩 | xún guī dǎo jǔ | to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention |
| 亥 | hài | 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar / ancient Chinese compass point: 330° |
| 圆规 | yuán guī | compass (drafting) |
| 指南针 | zhǐ nán zhēn | compass |
| 梦溪笔谈 | Mèng Xī Bǐ tán | Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括[Shen3 Kuo4], book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass |
| 尺规作图 | chǐ guī zuò tú | ruler and compass construction (geometry) |
| 壬 | rén | ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / ninth in order / letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 345° / nona |
| 罗盘 | luó pán | compass |
| 方位 | fāng wèi | direction / points of the compass / bearing / position / azimuth |
| 司南 | sī nán | ancient Chinese compass |
| 坤 | kūn | one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth / female principle / ☷ / ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest) |
| 规矩绳墨 | guī ju shéng mò | compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom); fig. established standard / norms / criteria |
| 辰 | chén | 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon / ancient Chinese compass point: 120° |
| 午 | wǔ | 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south) |