also: へいじゅつ
Fire Dog (23rd term of the sexagenary cycle)
Refers to the 23rd year in the 60-year cycle, combining the celestial stem 丙 (Fire, yang) and the earthly branch 戌 (Dog). Used in traditional calendar contexts, such as years 1946, 2006, 2066.
See also: 干支
The year of the Fire Dog is the 23rd in the sexagenary cycle.
2006 was a Fire Dog year.
On-reading variant; rarely used in modern contexts.
From the Chinese sexagenary cycle, combining 丙 (third celestial stem, associated with Fire and yang) and 戌 (eleventh earthly branch, Dog).