Where does “丙申” come from?

丙申 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 申, from Japanese 猿, from Chinese 猿 — ape.

丙申 (Japanese): Fire Monkey, the thirty-third term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Fire Monkey, the thirty-third term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “丙申”, step by step

丙申 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 申

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese申the Monkey, the ninth of the twelve Earthly Branches
2Japanese猿a monkey; Short for 日本猿; an ape
3Chinese猿ape

via Japanese 丙

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