The Rat Dzi symbolizes intelligence in culture, which means both cuteness and shrewdness. The Rat is timid, suspicious, and alert with an acute sense of smell, having the ability to climb over walls flexibly and run across roofs as if flying.
The Rat can stay safe and sound even if it falls from the top to the bottom of a building.
Though the Rat is not as skilled as an aquatic animal in swimming, it is easy for it to swim across narrow ditches and shallow ponds. In order to survive in an emergency, the Rat can even swim several meters underwater in one breath without any injury.
Just as the ancient Chinese saying goes "shrewder than the Rat" and "as changeable as the Rat", people use the former to describe those who are very quick–witted, and the latter to describe those who adapt themselves quickly to changing conditions.
In addition, the Rat Dzi can communicate with God to predict good or bad luck. As a matter of fact, the Rat lives in nature and can react to natural disasters, such as earthquakes, flood, drought, and a plague of locusts, so it was considered to be a godly creature by the ancient people. This Dzi should be stored with Rhodochrosite and anointed with Path Clearing Oil.