Where does “戊申” come from?

戊申 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 申, from Japanese 猿, from Chinese 猿 — ape.

戊申 (Japanese): Earth Monkey, the forty-fifth term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Earth Monkey, the forty-fifth term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “戊申”, step by step

戊申 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 申

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese申the Monkey, the ninth of the twelve Earthly Branches
2Japanese猿a monkey; Short for 日本猿; an ape
3Chinese猿ape

via Japanese 戊

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