甲子

jiǎzǐ
  1. first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干 tiāngān and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支 dìzhī)
  2. the sixty-year cycle

CEDICT

  1. (～鎮) Jiazi (a town in Lufeng, Shanwei, Guangdong, China)
  2. (～鎮) Jiazi (a town in Qiongshan district, Haikou, Hainan, China)
  3. A full or completed set of the sexagenary cycle.
  4. Jiazi (a town in Lufeng, Shanwei, Guangdong, China)
  5. Jiazi (a town in Qiongshan district, Haikou, Hainan, China)
  6. The first term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Wood Rat" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.

Wiktionary

  1. 古代以干支纪日或纪年。甲为十干之首，子为十二支之首，干支次第相配，可配成甲子、乙丑、丙寅……癸亥共六十种，统称为「甲子」。亦作为一週纪的名称，如用以　纪年，则一週纪六十年称为「一甲子」。
  2. 泛指年岁。

重編國語辭典

  1. 完整的一次干支年循环
  2. 第一个干支

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 甲 jiǎ
  1. first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 shítiāngān
  2. (used for an unspecified person or thing)
  3. first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)
  4. letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  5. armor plating
  6. shell or carapace
  7. (of the fingers or toes) nail
  8. bladed leather or metal armor (old)
  9. ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)
  10. civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 bǎojiǎ system (old)
  11. ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
=2 子 zǐ
  1. son
  2. child
  3. seed
  4. egg
  5. small thing
  6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
  7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
  8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
  9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
=2 子 zi noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"

Containing this entry

六十甲子 liùshíjiǎzǐ