also: へいしん
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 was the year of the Fire Monkey.
丙申 corresponds to the 33rd term of the sexagenary cycle.
On-reading variant; rarely used in modern contexts.
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.