Where does “乙巳” come from?

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

乙巳 (Japanese): Wood Snake, the forty-second term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Wood Snake, the forty-second term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “乙巳”, step by step

乙巳 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 巳

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese巳Snake → south-southeast
2Middle Chinese巳—
Every word from Middle Chinese 乙 →Every word from Japanese 乙 →