甲子

jiǎ zǐ
Dictionary entry
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])

What does 甲子 mean?

甲子 (jiǎ zǐ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1first 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])
2the sixty-year cycle

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甲子
jiǎ zǐ
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