Word Meaning 庚申

かんし kanshi

庚申 is read as かんし (kanshi) and means Metal Monkey (57th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040).

Meaning

English

Metal Monkey (57th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040)
Shōmen Kongō (deity)
kōshin-machi (religious wake)

Reading

Kana

かんし

Romaji

kanshi

Writing Variants

庚申かのえさる kanoesaru
庚申かんしん kanshin
庚申こうしん koushin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

庚申月

こうしんづき

Metal Monkey month

庚申待

こうしんまち

kōshin-machi

庚申講

こうしんこう

kōshin-machi association

庚申塚

こうしんづか

roadside standing stone dedicated to the Buddhist deity Shōmen Kongō (usu. also engraved with the three wise monkeys)

庚申薔薇

こうしんばら

China rose (Rosa chinensis)

庚

こう

7th in rank

答申

とうしん

report

上申

じょうしん

report to a superior

内申

ないしん

unofficial report

申

さる

7th month of the lunar calendar

具申

ぐしん

offering a full report to a superior

案内申

あんないもう

I'm calling!

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