Echo on June 7, 2012
@murrayjames,

Ok, I have asked our expert Melody -- the host of Popup Cantonese. She said 丑 was a time unit in ancient times, like in 子丑,辛丑. 醜 means ugly. The simplified characters are the same "丑".

--Echo

echo@popupchinese.com
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