also: へいしん
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
Hinoe-tatsu is one of the sexagenary cycle terms, representing the Fire Dragon.
He was born in the year of the Fire Dragon.
Standard kanji form for the sexagenary cycle term.
On'yomi reading; less common than ひのえたつ.
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.