Where does “丁未” come from?

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

丁未 (Japanese): Fire Sheep, the forty-fourth term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Fire Sheep, the forty-fourth term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “丁未”, step by step

丁未 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 未

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese未un-; in-
2Japanese羊a sheep
Every word from Middle Chinese 丁 →Every word from Japanese 丁 →