Where does “庚子” come from?
庚子 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 子, from Japanese 鼠, from Japanese nezumi.
庚子 (Japanese): Metal Rat, the thirty-seventh term of the sexagenary cycle
Definitions
- Metal Rat, the thirty-seventh term of the sexagenary cycle
Ancestry of “庚子”, step by step
庚子 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 子
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 子 | a child; a girl, especially a dear or desired... |
| 2 | Japanese | 鼠 | a mouse or a rat; general term for members of... |
| 3 | Japanese | nezumi | — |
via Japanese 庚
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 庚 | the seventh of the ten heavenly stems |
| 2 | Japanese | 金 | metal; money; firmness, strength |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 金 | — |