還暦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
還	暦
かん Grade: S	れき Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

還 (kan, “return”) refers to sixty years being a sexagenary cycle in the Chinese 干支 calendar.

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) かんれき [kàńrékí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [kã̠nɾe̞kʲi]

Noun

還暦 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 還曆, hiragana かんれき, rōmaji kanreki, historical hiragana くわんれき)

sexagennial, kanreki (the sixtieth anniversary or sixtieth birthday)

Synonyms

華 (か)甲 (こう) (kakō)
本 (ほん)卦 (け)還 (がえ)り (honke-gaeri)
六十年祭 (ろくじゅうねんさい) (rokujūnensai)

Related terms

干 (え)支 (と) (eto, “sexagenary cycle”)

References

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

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