Animals and zodiac
This group mixes zodiac signs with other animals and creatures: 辰 and 竜 refer to the dragon, while 巳, 丑, 酉, and 寅 mark snake, ox, rooster, and tiger years. Learn the signs as a cycle, then add 羊, 亀, 獣, and the mythical 麟 as animal vocabulary.
巳 has 3 strokes and 麟 has 24; simplify the small zodiac signs before tackling 麟.