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えと 干支
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1. sexagenary cycle; 60-term cycle of 12 zodiac animals combined with 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar; currently used in Japan for years, historically also for days​
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2. 12-year Chinese zodiac​Only applies to えと
Wikipedia definition
3. Sexagenary cycle​The Chinese sexagenary cycle, also known as the Stems-and-Branches, is a cycle of sixty terms used for recording days or years. It appears, as a means of recording days, in the first Chinese written texts, the Shang dynasty oracle bones from the late second millennium BC. Its use to record years began around the middle of the 3rd century B.C.
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干支 【かんし】
Notes
えと: Gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading).

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