- 甲(turtle shell; carapace)
The character depicts a turtle's shell with a crack running through it, symbolizing the hard protective covering.
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
The character depicts a turtle's shell with a crack running through it, symbolizing the hard protective covering.
The character 子 depicts a newborn child with a large head and arms outstretched.
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
The character depicts a turtle's shell with a crack running through it, symbolizing the hard protective covering.
The character 子 depicts a newborn child with a large head and arms outstretched.
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])
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