甲子 jiǎ zǐ

the sixty-year cycle

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 14601st word

Definitions

  1. 1. the sixty-year cycle
  2. 2. first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干tiān gān and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支dì zhī)

Characters

Character Meaning
甲 jiǎ HSK 5
first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)
子 zǐ HSK 1
(noun suffix); son; child