Where does “癸丑” come from?

癸丑 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 丑, from Japanese 牛, from Middle Chinese 牛.

癸丑 (Japanese): Water Ox, the fiftieth term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Water Ox, the fiftieth term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “癸丑”, step by step

癸丑 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 丑

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese丑ox
2Japanese牛cow, bull, ox, cattle; beef; Ox
3Middle Chinese牛—

via Japanese 癸

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese癸the tenth of the ten heavenly stems
2Middle Chinese癸—
Every word from Middle Chinese 牛 →Every word from Japanese 牛 →Every word from Japanese 丑 →