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. Compare Chinese 花甲 (huājiǎ).

Pronunciation

Noun

華(か)甲(こう) • (kakō) ←くわかふ (kwakafu)?

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

Synonyms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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