Where does “乙卯” come from?

乙卯 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 乙, from Middle Chinese 乙.

乙卯 (Japanese): Wood Rabbit, the fifty-second term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Wood Rabbit, the fifty-second term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “乙卯”, step by step

乙卯 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 乙

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese乙something B; a stupid person, someone who is slow...
2Middle Chinese乙—

via Japanese 卯

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese卯hare
2Japanese兎rabbit; hare; leporid
Every word from Middle Chinese 乙 →Every word from Japanese 乙 →