also: きび
noun
Water Sheep (20th sexagenary term)
The 20th term of the traditional 60-term sexagenary cycle, combining the celestial stem 癸 (Water) and the earthly branch 未 (Sheep). Used in East Asian calendars and astrology; corresponds to years such as 1943, 2003, 2063.
See also: 干支
2003年は癸未の年にあたる。
The year 2003 corresponds to the Water Sheep year.
癸未は六十干支の第20番目である。
Water Sheep is the 20th term of the sexagenary cycle.
On-reading variant; rarely used in modern contexts.
干支 is the general term for the sexagenary cycle; 癸未 is one specific term within it.
From the Chinese sexagenary cycle system, combining the celestial stem 癸 (Water) and the earthly branch 未 (Sheep).