Where does “庚戌” come from?

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

庚戌 (Japanese): Metal Dog, the forty-seventh term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Metal Dog, the forty-seventh term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “庚戌”, step by step

庚戌 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 戌

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese戌the hour of the dog; a historical duel-hour...
2Middle Chinese戌—
Every word from Middle Chinese 金 →Every word from Japanese 金 →Every word from Japanese 庚 →