Where does “丙辰” come from?

丙辰 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 丙, from Middle Chinese 丙.

丙辰 (Japanese): Fire Dragon, the fifty-third term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Fire Dragon, the fifty-third term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “丙辰”, step by step

丙辰 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 丙

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese丙the third of the ten heavenly stems; something of the third rank
2Middle Chinese丙—

via Japanese 辰

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese辰by extension from the zodiac
2Japaneseたつ立つ to stand; 建つ to build; 発つ to leave
Every word from Middle Chinese 丙 →Every word from Japanese 丙 →