Where does “丙子” come from?

丙子 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 子, from Japanese 鼠, from Japanese nezumi.

丙子 (Japanese): Fire Rat, the thirteenth term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Fire Rat, the thirteenth term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “丙子”, step by step

丙子 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 子

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese子a child; a girl, especially a dear or desired...
2Japanese鼠a mouse or a rat; general term for members of...
3Japanesenezumi—

via Japanese 丙

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