Where does “己巳” come from?

己巳 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 己, from Middle Chinese 己.

己巳 (Japanese): Earth Snake, the sixth term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Earth Snake, the sixth term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “己巳”, step by step

己巳 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 己

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese己reflexive pronoun: oneself; first-person pronoun:...
2Middle Chinese己—

via Japanese 巳

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