one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1
生 (shēng) · 5 strokes
Pictograph of a sprout (屮) emerging from the ground (一).
肖 (Xiāo) · 7 strokes
Depicts the moon (月) getting smaller (小) and disappearing as part of the lunar cycle. Based on the original meaning "decrease, disappear", now written as 消. The meaning later shifted to "resemble; sim…