Word Meaning 甲申

こうしん koushin

甲申 is read as こうしん (koushin) and means Wood Monkey (21st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1944, 2004, 2064).

Meaning

English

Wood Monkey (21st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1944, 2004, 2064)

Reading

Kana

こうしん

Romaji

koushin

Writing Variants

甲申きのえさる kinoesaru

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 99142 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

甲申事変

こうしんじへん

Gapsin Coup (of Korea; 1884)

甲申政変

こうしんせいへん

Gapsin Coup (failed reformist coup d'état in Korea; 1884)

甲板

かんぱん

deck (of a ship)

甲高い

かんだかい

high-pitched

甲種

こうしゅ

A-grade

甲乙

こうおつ

first and second

甲

こう

1st in rank

甲

かぶと

helmet (of a warrior)

甲羅

こうら

person's back

甲骨文

こうこつぶん

oracle bone script

甲斐

かい

Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)

甲南女子大学

こうなんじょしだいがく

Konan Women's University

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