also: へいしん
noun
Fire Dragon (53rd sexagenary term)
Refers to the 53rd term of the traditional 60-term sexagenary cycle (干支), combining the celestial stem 丙 (Fire, yang) and the earthly branch 辰 (Dragon). Used in East Asian calendars and astrology, e.g. for years 1916, 1976, 2036.
See also: 干支
丙辰は干支の一つで、火の龍を表します。
Hinoe-tatsu is one of the sexagenary cycle terms, representing the Fire Dragon.
彼は丙辰の年に生まれました。
He was born in the year of the Fire Dragon.
干支 is the general term for the sexagenary cycle or the Chinese zodiac; 丙辰 is one specific term within that cycle.
Compound of 丙 (ひのえ, 'Fire elder brother', the third celestial stem) and 辰 (たつ, 'Dragon', the fifth earthly branch). The on'yomi reading へいしん is the Sino-Japanese reading of the same characters.