丙ひのえ戌いぬ

noun

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

• 丙ひのえ戌いぬの年としは、十じっ干かん十じゅう二に支しの23番ばん目めにあたる。

  The year of the Fire Dog is the 23rd in the sexagenary cycle.

• 2006年ねんは丙ひのえ戌いぬの年としだった。

  2006 was a Fire Dog year.