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甲子
jiǎzǐ
1. first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems [[天干<tiāngān>]] and one of the 12 earthly branches [[地支<dìzhī>]])
2. the sixty-year cycle

Character Breakdown

甲
jiǎ
armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem
HSK 5 5 丶
子
zi
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
HSK 1 3 丶

Compound Words (1)

一甲子
yījiǎzǐ
sixty years

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