Dog (zodiac)

Dog
"Dog" in regular Chinese characters
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyingǒu
Wade–Gileskou3
IPA[kòʊ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationgáu
Jyutpinggau2
IPA[kɐw˧˥]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJkáu
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)*Cə.kˤroʔ
Zodiac dog, showing the gǒu (狗) character for dog
Chinese paper cutting

The Dog () is eleventh of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Dog is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol . The character , also refers to the actual animal while , also refers to the zodiac animal.