Where does “丁巳” come from?

丁巳 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 丁, from Middle Chinese 丁.

丁巳 (Japanese): Fire Snake, the fifty-fourth term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Fire Snake, the fifty-fourth term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “丁巳”, step by step

丁巳 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 丁

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese丁street, district; even; counter for long and thin...
2Middle Chinese丁—

via Japanese 巳

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese巳Snake → south-southeast
2Middle Chinese巳—
Every word from Middle Chinese 丁 →Every word from Japanese 丁 →