Where does “庚午” come from?

庚午 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 庚, from Japanese 金, from Middle Chinese 金.

庚午 (Japanese): Metal Horse, the seventh term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Metal Horse, the seventh term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “庚午”, step by step

庚午 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 庚

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese庚the seventh of the ten heavenly stems
2Japanese金metal; money; firmness, strength
3Middle Chinese金—

via Japanese 馬

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese馬a horse; a promoted bishop; a sawhorse: a...
2Middle Chinese馬—
Every word from Middle Chinese 金 →Every word from Japanese 金 →Every word from Japanese 庚 →