Where does “辛巳” come from?

辛巳 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 巳, from Middle Chinese 巳.

辛巳 (Japanese): Metal Snake, the eighteenth term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Metal Snake, the eighteenth term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “辛巳”, step by step

辛巳 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 巳

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese巳Snake → south-southeast
2Middle Chinese巳—

via Japanese 辛

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