noun
Fire Rooster
The 34th term of the sexagenary cycle (干支). Used in traditional calendar and fortune-telling contexts. Years such as 1957, 2017, and 2077 are Fire Rooster years.
See also: 干支
2017年は丁酉の年でした。
2017 was the year of the Fire Rooster.
丁酉は干支の一つで、34番目にあたります。
Fire Rooster is one of the sexagenary cycle terms, the 34th.
干支 refers to the entire sexagenary cycle system; 丁酉 is one specific term within it.
Combination of the celestial stem 丁 (ひのと, 'Fire younger brother') and the earthly branch 酉 (とり, 'Rooster'), forming the 34th term of the sexagenary cycle.