Where does “庚辰” come from?

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

庚辰 (Japanese): Metal Dragon, the seventeenth term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Metal Dragon, the seventeenth term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “庚辰”, step by step

庚辰 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 辰

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese辰by extension from the zodiac
2Japaneseたつ立つ to stand; 建つ to build; 発つ to leave
Every word from Middle Chinese 金 →Every word from Japanese 金 →Every word from Japanese 庚 →