Where does “乙未” come from?

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

乙未 (Japanese): Wood Sheep, the thirty-second term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Wood Sheep, the thirty-second term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “乙未”, step by step

乙未 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 未

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese未un-; in-
2Japanese羊a sheep
Every word from Middle Chinese 乙 →Every word from Japanese 乙 →