還暦

還暦

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
還曆 (kyūjitai)

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(かん)暦(れき) • (kanreki) ^{←くわんれき (kwanreki)?} (kyūjitai 還曆)

1. sexagennial, kanreki (the sixtieth anniversary or sixtieth birthday)

Synonyms

• 華甲(かこう) (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

• 干支(えと) (eto, “sexagenary cycle”)

References

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