Wood (wuxing)

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Classical elements
Hellenistic Air Water Aether Fire Earth
Hinduism / Jainism / Buddhism Vayu Ap Akasha Agni Prithvi
Chinese Wood (木) Water (水) Fire (火) Metal (金) Earth (土)
Japanese Wind (風) Water (水) Void (空) Fire (火) Earth (地)
European alchemy Air Water Fire Aether Earth Sulphur Mercury Salt
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In Chinese philosophy, wood (Chinese: 木; pinyin: mù), sometimes translated as tree,^[1] is one of the five concepts that conform the wuxing. It is the growing of the matter, or the matter's growing expanding stage.^[2] Wood is the lesser yang symbol of Yinyang character, fuelling Fire. It stands for springtime, the east, the planet Jupiter, the color green, windy weather, and the Azure Dragon (Qing Long) in Four Symbols. Blue and cyan-type colors also represent wood.