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丙ひのえ申さる

also: へいしん

Meanings

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noun

Fire Monkey; 33rd sexagenary term

The 33rd term of the traditional 60-term sexagenary cycle (干支), combining the celestial stem 丙 (Fire, yang) and the earthly branch 申 (Monkey). Used in East Asian calendars and astrology.

See also: 干支

2016年ねんは丙ひのえ申さるの年としでした。
2016 was the year of the Fire Monkey.
丙ひのえ申さるは干支えとの33番ばん目めにあたります。
丙申 corresponds to the 33rd term of the sexagenary cycle.

Written forms

丙申
- ひのえさる
  Standard kanji form for the 33rd sexagenary term.
- へいしん
へいしん
On-reading variant; rarely used in modern contexts.

Kanji

丙third class, 3rd, 3rd calendar sign
申have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM

Similar words

干支えと
干支 is the general term for the sexagenary cycle; 丙申 is one specific term within it.

Etymology

Compound of 丙 (ひのえ, the third celestial stem, associated with Fire and yang) and 申 (さる, the ninth earthly branch, Monkey). The on-reading へいしん is a Sino-Japanese reading of the same characters.