Talk:Earthly Branches: Difference between revisions
←Created page with 'It is possible someone can add the English translations [meanings] for the 24 Directions? I only see four English words North, South, East, West given - 20 more re...' |
describe the english system in detail... this is why there aren't translations for each chinese direction |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
given - 20 more remain without clarity. |
given - 20 more remain without clarity. |
||
Thank You In Advance. [[User:4.238.237.18|4.238.237.18]] 01:27, 31 January 2007 (UTC) |
Thank You In Advance. [[User:4.238.237.18|4.238.237.18]] 01:27, 31 January 2007 (UTC) |
||
---- |
|||
Looking at the version today, it looks like 8 directions are translated (north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest). To the best of my knowledge, English doesn't have specific names for each of the 24 listed directions. |
|||
I thought it was interesting to read the paragraph following the table, about a 48-point compass, and adding an additional midpoint (for 96 directions total) by combining the names of the nearest two directions. English does this with the 4 cardinal directions... any compass direction between about 22.5 and 67.5 degrees is referred to as "northeast", but the actual lines between north/northeast/east are sometimes vaguely defined. If we need more than 8 directions, we use terms like "north-northeast" to refer to the area between north and northeast... so you would end up with the following table of names and directions: |
|||
<table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"> |
|||
<tr> |
|||
<th style="background:#efefef">Written</th> |
|||
<th style="background:#efefef">Spoken</th> |
|||
<th style="background:#efefef">Left end<br>of range</th> |
|||
<th style="background:#efefef">Center<br>of range</th> |
|||
<th style="background:#efefef">Right end<br>of range</th> |
|||
</tr> |
|||
<tr align="center"> |
|||
<td>N</td><td>north</td> |
|||
<td>348.75°</td> |
|||
<td>0°</td> |
|||
<td>11.25°</td> |
|||
</tr> |
|||
<tr align="center"> |
|||
<td>NNE</td><td>north-northeast</td> |
|||
<td>11.25°</td> |
|||
<td>22.5°</td> |
|||
<td>33.75°</td> |
|||
</tr> |
|||
<tr align="center"> |
|||
<td>NE</td><td>northeast</td> |
|||
<td>33.75°</td> |
|||
<td>45°</td> |
|||
<td>56.25°</td> |
|||
</tr> |
|||
<tr align="center"> |
|||
<td>ENE</td><td>east-northeast</td> |
|||
<td>56.25°</td> |
|||
<td>67.5°</td> |
|||
<td>78.75°</td> |
|||
</tr> |
|||
<tr align="center"> |
|||
<td>E</td><td>east</td> |
|||
<td>78.75°</td> |
|||
<td>90°</td> |
|||
<td>101.25°</td> |
|||
</tr> |
|||
<tr align="center"> |
|||
<td>ESE</td><td>east-southeast</td> |
|||
<td>101.25°</td> |
|||
<td>112.5°</td> |
|||
<td>123.75°</td> |
|||
</tr> |
|||
<tr align="center"> |
|||
<td>SE</td><td>southeast</td> |
|||
<td>123.75°</td> |
|||
<td>135°</td> |
|||
<td>146.25°</td> |
|||
</tr> |
|||
<tr align="center"> |
|||
<td>SSE</td><td>south-southeast</td> |
|||
<td>146.25°</td> |
|||
<td>157.5°</td> |
|||
<td>168.75°</td> |
|||
</tr> |
|||
<tr align="center"> |
|||
<td>S</td><td>south</td> |
|||
<td>168.75°</td> |
|||
<td>180°</td> |
|||
<td>191.25°</td> |
|||
</tr> |
|||
<tr align="center"> |
|||
<td>SSW</td><td>south-southwest</td> |
|||
<td>191.25°</td> |
|||
<td>202.5°</td> |
|||
<td>213.75°</td> |
|||
</tr> |
|||
<tr align="center"> |
|||
<td>SW</td><td>southwest</td> |
|||
<td>213.75°</td> |
|||
<td>225°</td> |
|||
<td>236.25°</td> |
|||
</tr> |
|||
<tr align="center"> |
|||
<td>WSW</td><td>west-southwest</td> |
|||
<td>236.25°</td> |
|||
<td>247.5°</td> |
|||
<td>258.75°</td> |
|||
</tr> |
|||
<tr align="center"> |
|||
<td>W</td><td>west</td> |
|||
<td>258.75°</td> |
|||
<td>270°</td> |
|||
<td>281.25°</td> |
|||
</tr> |
|||
<tr align="center"> |
|||
<td>WNW</td><td>west-northwest</td> |
|||
<td>281.25°</td> |
|||
<td>292.5°</td> |
|||
<td>303.75°</td> |
|||
</tr> |
|||
<tr align="center"> |
|||
<td>NW</td><td>northwest</td> |
|||
<td>303.75°</td> |
|||
<td>315°</td> |
|||
<td>326.25°</td> |
|||
</tr> |
|||
<tr align="center"> |
|||
<td>NNW</td><td>north-northwest</td> |
|||
<td>326.25°</td> |
|||
<td>337.5°</td> |
|||
<td>348.75°</td> |
|||
</tr> |
|||
</table> |
|||
But this table has 16 entries, while the Chinese table has 24. So the systems are not orthogonal... the direction names are a little less specific in the English system, and thus there isn't a single name to correspond to each direction in the Chinese system. I think this is why there aren't translations for each Chinese direction... |
|||
[[User:Infinoid|Infinoid]] 15:44, 18 February 2007 (UTC) |
|||
Revision as of 15:44, 18 February 2007
It is possible someone can add the English translations [meanings] for the 24 Directions? I only see four English words North, South, East, West given - 20 more remain without clarity. Thank You In Advance. 4.238.237.18 01:27, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
Looking at the version today, it looks like 8 directions are translated (north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest). To the best of my knowledge, English doesn't have specific names for each of the 24 listed directions.
I thought it was interesting to read the paragraph following the table, about a 48-point compass, and adding an additional midpoint (for 96 directions total) by combining the names of the nearest two directions. English does this with the 4 cardinal directions... any compass direction between about 22.5 and 67.5 degrees is referred to as "northeast", but the actual lines between north/northeast/east are sometimes vaguely defined. If we need more than 8 directions, we use terms like "north-northeast" to refer to the area between north and northeast... so you would end up with the following table of names and directions:
| Written | Spoken | Left end of range |
Center of range |
Right end of range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | north | 348.75° | 0° | 11.25° |
| NNE | north-northeast | 11.25° | 22.5° | 33.75° |
| NE | northeast | 33.75° | 45° | 56.25° |
| ENE | east-northeast | 56.25° | 67.5° | 78.75° |
| E | east | 78.75° | 90° | 101.25° |
| ESE | east-southeast | 101.25° | 112.5° | 123.75° |
| SE | southeast | 123.75° | 135° | 146.25° |
| SSE | south-southeast | 146.25° | 157.5° | 168.75° |
| S | south | 168.75° | 180° | 191.25° |
| SSW | south-southwest | 191.25° | 202.5° | 213.75° |
| SW | southwest | 213.75° | 225° | 236.25° |
| WSW | west-southwest | 236.25° | 247.5° | 258.75° |
| W | west | 258.75° | 270° | 281.25° |
| WNW | west-northwest | 281.25° | 292.5° | 303.75° |
| NW | northwest | 303.75° | 315° | 326.25° |
| NNW | north-northwest | 326.25° | 337.5° | 348.75° |
But this table has 16 entries, while the Chinese table has 24. So the systems are not orthogonal... the direction names are a little less specific in the English system, and thus there isn't a single name to correspond to each direction in the Chinese system. I think this is why there aren't translations for each Chinese direction...
Infinoid 15:44, 18 February 2007 (UTC)