華甲

Japanese
Kanji in this term
華 甲
か
Grade: S		 こう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

The character 華 can be decomposed into six 十 (“ten”) and a 一 (“one”). The character 甲 is from 甲子 (kinoene, kōshi, kasshi, “Wood Rat”), the first element of the sexagenary cycle.

Pronunciation

Noun

華甲 (hiragana かこう, rōmaji kakō, historical hiragana くわかふ)

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

Synonyms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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