Where does “丙午” come from?

丙午 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 午, from Japanese 馬, from Middle Chinese 馬.

丙午 (Japanese): Fire Horse, the forty-third term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Fire Horse, the forty-third term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “丙午”, step by step

丙午 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 午

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese午noon; the {{w|Ox |Chinese zodiac Ox}}
2Japanese馬a horse; a promoted bishop; a sawhorse: a...
3Middle Chinese馬—

via Japanese 丙

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese丙the third of the ten heavenly stems; something of the third rank
2Middle Chinese丙—
Every word from Middle Chinese 馬 →Every word from Japanese 馬 →Every word from Japanese 午 →
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