華甲

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
こう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

The character can be decomposed into six (ten) and a (one). The character is from 甲子 (kinoene, kōshi, kasshi, Wood Rat), the first element of the sexagenary cycle. Compare Chinese 花甲 (huājiǎ).

Pronunciation

Noun

()(こう) (kakōくわかふ (kwakafu)?

  1. 61 years of age (in East Asian age reckoning)

Synonyms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN