甲子
甲子
jiǎ zǐ
first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]); the sixty-year cycle
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- first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1])
- the sixty-year cycle
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Related Words
干支(gān zhī)— the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝
→丁丑(dīng chǒu)— fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057
→丁亥(dīng hài)— twenty fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067
→丁卯(dīng mǎo)— fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047
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