甲子 in English jia3 zi3 Meaning

Meanings

  • 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

Simplified Characters

甲 子

Traditional Characters

甲 子

Pinyin

jia3 zi3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

甲jia3first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] 子zi5son