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Chinese zodiac lucky symbols
Popular animal charts associate signs with numbers, colours and flowers. Choose an animal to compare published associations and its fixed Earthly Branch bearing.
Popular chart · China Highlights
Rat · 鼠
Numbers: 2, 3
Colours: blue, gold, green
Flowers: lily, African violet
Earthly Branch bearing: N
Explore the animal →Ox · 牛
Numbers: 1, 4
Colours: white, yellow, green
Flowers: tulip, peach blossom
Earthly Branch bearing: NNE
Explore the animal →Tiger · 虎
Numbers: 1, 3, 4
Colours: blue, gray, orange
Flowers: yellow lily, cineraria
Earthly Branch bearing: ENE
Explore the animal →Rabbit · 兔
Numbers: 3, 4, 6
Colours: red, pink, purple, blue
Flowers: plantain lily, jasmine
Earthly Branch bearing: E
Explore the animal →Dragon · 龙
Numbers: 1, 6, 7
Colours: gold, silver, grayish white
Flowers: bleeding-heart glory bower, dragon flowers
Earthly Branch bearing: ESE
Explore the animal →Snake · 蛇
Numbers: 2, 8, 9
Colours: black, red, yellow
Flowers: orchid, cactus
Earthly Branch bearing: SSE
Explore the animal →Horse · 马
Numbers: 2, 3, 7
Colours: yellow, green
Flowers: calla lily, jasmine
Earthly Branch bearing: S
Explore the animal →Goat · 羊
Numbers: 2, 7
Colours: brown, red, purple
Flowers: carnations, primroses
Earthly Branch bearing: SSW
Explore the animal →Monkey · 猴
Numbers: 4, 9
Colours: white, blue, gold
Flowers: chrysanthemum, crape myrtle
Earthly Branch bearing: WSW
Explore the animal →Rooster · 鸡
Numbers: 5, 7, 8
Colours: gold, brown, yellow
Flowers: gladiola, cockscomb
Earthly Branch bearing: W
Explore the animal →Dog · 狗
Numbers: 3, 4, 9
Colours: red, green, purple
Flowers: rose, cymbidium orchids
Earthly Branch bearing: WNW
Explore the animal →Pig · 猪
Numbers: 2, 5, 8
Colours: yellow, gray, brown, gold
Flowers: hydrangea, daisy
Earthly Branch bearing: NNW
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Different entries in other popular charts
Rat
Travel China GuideAdds lily of the valley to the flowers and lists southeast and northeast as lucky directions.
Rabbit
Travel China GuideLists 3, 4 and 9 as numbers, with rabbit flower, hosta and fittonia as flowers. Its lucky-direction list is southeast, southwest and northeast.
Tiger
Travel China GuideIncludes white among its colours and uses cineraria and anthurium as flowers. It lists east, southeast and south as lucky directions.
Animal branch bearings identify positions in the twelve-direction calendar circle. The popular lucky-direction entries above are separate chart associations.