Where does “辛未” come from?

辛未 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 未, from Japanese 羊 — a sheep.

辛未 (Japanese): Metal Sheep, the eighth term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Metal Sheep, the eighth term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “辛未”, step by step

辛未 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 未

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese未un-; in-
2Japanese羊a sheep

via Japanese 辛

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