甲子 (jiǎ zǐ) — first year of the Sexagenary Cycle; a sixty-yea…

Definition

甲子 is the first year in the traditional Chinese 60-year Sexagenary Cycle (干支), also used to mean the full 60-year cycle itself.

noun

first year of the Sexagenary Cyclea sixty-year cycle

1984甲子，。
1984 Nián shì jiǎ zǐ nián, yě shì zhōng guó gǎi gé kāi fàng de zhòng yào shí qī.
1984 was a 甲子 year and also an important period of China's reform and opening-up.
甲子，。
Yí gè jiǎ zǐ shì liù shí nián, dài biǎo le yí gè wán zhěng de xún huán.
One 甲子 is sixty years, representing a complete cycle.
甲子，。
Gǔ rén yòng jiǎ zǐ lái jì lù shí jiān, zhì jīn yǐ yǒu liǎng qiān duō nián de lì shǐ.
Ancient people used the Sexagenary Cycle to record time, with a history of over two thousand years.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

甲jiǎfirst heavenly stem

子zǐfirst earthly branch

甲 is the first stem and 子 the first branch; paired they mark the first year and a sixty-year cycle.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

甲 is drawn as a hard protective shell, carapace, or scales of an animal, or as armor made of connected plates.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

子 is drawn as a baby with a large head, arms stretched out, and legs wrapped in a blanket.

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