癸亥

guǐhài
noun #81,012

Meanings

  1. 1 guihai, the 60th and last year of the sixty-year cycle (e.g. 1923, 1983, 2043)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Guǐhài nián shì gānzhī jìnián lǐ de zuìhòu yì nián, zhīhòu yòu cóng jiǎzǐ nián chóngxīn kāishǐ.
A guihai year is the last in the stem-and-branch count of years; after it, the count starts again from jiazi.

Tips

culture
癸 is the tenth and last Heavenly Stem and 亥 the twelfth and last Earthly Branch, so their pair closes the cycle that runs 从甲子到癸亥 'from jiazi to guihai'. Every guihai year is a Year of the Pig.

Stroke Order

癸 guǐ
亥 hài