丙ひのえ子ね

also: へいし

Meanings

Fire Rat; 13th sexagenary cycle term

Refers to the 13th term of the traditional 60-term sexagenary cycle (干支), combining the celestial stem 丙 (Fire, yang) and the earthly branch 子 (Rat). Used in East Asian calendars and astrology, e.g. for years like 1936, 1996, 2056.

Kanji

丙third class, 3rd, 3rd calendar sign
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Related words

干支えと
干支 is the general term for the sexagenary cycle; 丙子 is one specific term within it.
丙ひのえ午うま
丙午 (Fire Horse) is another sexagenary term; 丙子 differs in the earthly branch (子 vs. 午).

Written forms

丙子Usage100%
- ひのえね
  Standard kanji form for the sexagenary cycle term; reading ひのえね is the primary native Japanese reading.
- へいし
  Sino-Japanese reading; less common in everyday contexts but may appear in historical or technical texts.
へいし

Etymology

Compound of 丙 (ひのえ, 'Fire elder brother', the third celestial stem) and 子 (ね, 'Rat', the first earthly branch). The reading へいし is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi.