華甲

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

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) か​こー [káꜜkòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• (Tokyo) かこー [kàkóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ko̞ː]

Noun

華(か)甲(こう) • (kakō) ^{←くわかふ (kwakafu)?}

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

Synonyms

• 還(かん)暦(れき) (kanreki)
• 華(か)年(ねん) (kanen)

References

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