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])
• (Tokyo) かこー [kàkóó] (Heiban – [0])
• 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)