Where does “戊午” come from?

戊午 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 午, from Japanese 馬, from Middle Chinese 馬.

戊午 (Japanese): Earth Horse, the fifty-fifth term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Earth Horse, the fifty-fifth term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “戊午”, step by step

戊午 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 午

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese午noon; the {{w|Ox |Chinese zodiac Ox}}
2Japanese馬a horse; a promoted bishop; a sawhorse: a...
3Middle Chinese馬—

via Japanese 戊

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese戊the fifth of the ten heavenly stems
2Middle Chinese戊—
Every word from Middle Chinese 馬 →Every word from Japanese 馬 →Every word from Japanese 午 →