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qu
  1. 1.used in 屈戌儿[qū qu r]
  1. 1.11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog
  2. 2.ancient Chinese compass point: 300°

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.eleventh of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
  2. 2.Dog (狗) of Chinese zodiac
  3. 3.only used in 屈戌 (“metal fastening”)

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Etymology

Pictogram (象形) of an axe or halberd, almost identical to 戊 and similar to 戈. Smith (2011) proposes that 戌 (OC *smid), graphically depicting an ax or halberd, is a nominal derivative of the verb 滅 (OC *med) "to annihilate" "by the multivalent prefix *s- (‘annihilate’ > ‘annihilator’ and thus ‘axe’)", and it was used to name the late, broad waxing crescent moon. Association with the dog was possibly arbitrary, just as how 辰 was associated arbitrarily with the dragon (see Ferlus, 2013).

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