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

(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)^?}

61 years of age (in East Asian age reckoning)

Synonyms

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

References

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

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN