甲子

甲子

Chinese

		1st heavenly stem; armor; shell	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (甲子)		甲	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): gaap³ zi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gap² du²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kap-chṳ́
• Jin (Wiktionary): jiah⁴ zi²
• Min Nan (POJ): kah-chí / kah-chú / kah-chír
• Wu (Wiktionary): jiaq tsr (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎzǐ [Phonetic: jiázǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chia³-tzŭ³
    • Yale: jyǎ-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeatzyy
    • Palladius: цзяцзы (czjaczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: gaap³ zi²
    • Yale: gaap jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gab³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 夾子／夹子 甲子 鴿子／鸽子

  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gap² du²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kap̚⁵⁵ tu⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kap-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: gab` zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gab⁵ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /kap̚² t͡sɨ³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jiah⁴ zi²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiaʔ²⁻⁴⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kah-chí
    • Tâi-lô: kah-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kahcie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka(ʔ)⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kah-chú
    • Tâi-lô: kah-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kahzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kah-chír
    • Tâi-lô: kah-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka(ʔ)⁵ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: jiaq tsr (T4)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕia̱ʔ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

甲子

1. The first term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Wood Rat" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.
2. A full or completed set of the sexagenary cycle.

Coordinate terms

• (Chinese sexagenary cycle) 干支; 甲子, 乙丑, 丙寅, 丁卯, 戊辰, 己巳, 庚午, 辛未, 壬申, 癸酉, 甲戌, 乙亥, 丙子, 丁丑, 戊寅, 己卯, 庚辰, 辛巳, 壬午, 癸未, 甲申, 乙酉, 丙戌, 丁亥, 戊子, 己丑, 庚寅, 辛卯, 壬辰, 癸巳, 甲午, 乙未, 丙申, 丁酉, 戊戌, 己亥, 庚子, 辛丑, 壬寅, 癸卯, 甲辰, 乙巳, 丙午, 丁未, 戊申, 己酉, 庚戌, 辛亥, 壬子, 癸丑, 甲寅, 乙卯, 丙辰, 丁巳, 戊午, 己未, 庚申, 辛酉, 壬戌, 癸亥

Derived terms

一甲子 (yījiǎzǐ)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
甲	子
きのえ Grade: S	ね Grade: 1

Compound of the celestial stem 甲 (kinoe) and the earthly branch 子 (ne, “rat”).

Noun

甲(きのえ)子(ね) • (kinoene) 

1. Wood Rat, the first element of the sexagenary cycle

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
甲	子
こう Grade: S	し Grade: 1

Kanji in this term
甲	子
かぶと > かっ Grade: S	し Grade: 1

The combination of the celestial stem 甲 (kinoe) and the earthly branch 子 (ne, “rat”).

Noun

甲(こう)子(し) or 甲(かっ)子(し) • (kōshi or kasshi) 

1. Wood Rat, the first element of the sexagenary cycle