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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 甲子
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 甲子 | jiǎ zǐ | - first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]) - the sixty-year cycle |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 14,636 | 36,260 | 37,374 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 甲 | jiǎ | - first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] - (used for an unspecified person or thing) - first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) - letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc - armor plating - shell or carapace - (of the fingers or toes) nail - bladed leather or metal armor (old) - ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) - civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) - ancient Chinese compass point: 75° |
| 子 | zǐ | - son - child - seed - egg - small thing - 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat - viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] - ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) - subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 | zi | - (noun suffix) |
Other Words Containing 甲子
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 甲子 | - | - | 14,636 | 36,260 | 37,374 |