Where does “癸卯” come from?

癸卯 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 卯, from Japanese 兎 — rabbit; hare; leporid.

癸卯 (Japanese): Water Rabbit, the fortieth term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Water Rabbit, the fortieth term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “癸卯”, step by step

癸卯 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 卯

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese卯hare
2Japanese兎rabbit; hare; leporid

via Japanese 癸

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