Where does “辛丑” come from?

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

辛丑 (Japanese): Metal Ox, the thirty-eighth term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Metal Ox, the thirty-eighth term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “辛丑”, step by step

辛丑 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 辛

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese辛spicy
2Middle Chinese辛—
Every word from Middle Chinese 牛 →Every word from Japanese 牛 →Every word from Japanese 丑 →
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