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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesethe seventh of the ten heavenly stems
2Japanesemetal; money; firmness, strength
3Middle Chinese

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseby extension from the zodiac
2Japaneseたつ立つ to stand; 建つ to build; 発つ to leave
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