Bǐngxū nián shì liùshí jiǎzǐ zhōng de dì èrshísān nián.
Bingxu is the 23rd year in the sixty-year cycle.
Tips
culture
Combines the third Heavenly Stem 丙 (bǐng) with the eleventh Earthly Branch 戌 (xū, the dog). Together they form one slot of the 60-year ganzhi (干支) cycle used for traditional dating.
memory
戌 looks similar to 戊 (wù) and 戍 (shù) — count the inner stroke: 戌 has a horizontal line inside (the dog), 戊 has nothing, 戍 has a dot.
