The shell bone script of character The 11th Earthly Branch is
A pole-axe, an ancient weapon, very similar to character 戊 (Post 778), just the axe replaced the knife. It became to mean "The 11th Earthly Branch", the reason why it was chosen to be the serial number is unknown. Besides the weapon was not used long time ago, there is no archaeological relics being found.
The bronze script of character The 11th Earthly Branch is
The axe on the left, the right top becomes sharp fork as an offensive weapon, the bottom is the handle. The curved body makes easier to switch from using fork to using to axe.
The big seal script of character The 11th Earthly Branch is
Similar to bronze script.
The small script of character The 11th Earthly Branch is
Similar to big seal script but the left axe is not like the real axe anymore because the lower line is not connected to anywhere.
The clerical script of character The 11th Earthly Branch is
Similar to small seal script.
The pinyin of character 戌 is xu1.
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