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Rat (Zodiac) (Wikipedia)
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A Wikipedia reference article on the Rat as the first sign of the Chinese zodiac, including the underlying character shu, which the article records as covering both rats and mice with no separate character distinguishing them, so that the English convention of Year of the Rat sits alongside an equally attested Year of the Mouse reading of the same sign.
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Reliability Tier3
Tier three, a community-edited tertiary reference, matching this database's established convention for Wikipedia citations. Used here only for the character shu's own attested breadth (covering both rat and mouse), a checkable claim about the language rather than a contested historical fact. NotesUsed for the Rat sign's rival Mouse reading, arising from the shared character shu rather than from a different tradition's zodiac substitution.
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PublisherWikimedia Foundation
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_(zodiac)
Source Typereference-database
Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Chinese Animals, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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