# 庚子
## Chinese

* 庚子 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Chinese sexagenary cycle (English)
* Rat (zodiac) (English)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gēngzǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥ ㄗˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gang$^1$ zi$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): keng-chú / kng-chír / kiⁿ-chú / kiⁿ-chír / keⁿ-chú
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gēngzǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄥ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gengzǐh
*** Wade–Giles: kêng$^1$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: gēng-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gengtzyy
*** Palladius: гэнцзы (gɛnczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gang$^1$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: gāng jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gang$^1$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: geng$^1$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-chú
*** Tâi-lô: king-tsú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kengzuo
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng-chír
*** Tâi-lô: kng-tsír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiⁿ-chú
*** Tâi-lô: kinn-tsú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kvizuo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiⁿ-chír
*** Tâi-lô: kinn-tsír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kĩ³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keⁿ-chú
*** Tâi-lô: kenn-tsú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kvezuo
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

### Noun

庚子
* The thirty-seventh term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Metal Rat" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.

#### Coordinate terms

* (Chinese sexagenary cycle terms) 干支 (gānzhī); 甲子 (jiǎzǐ), 乙丑 (yǐchǒu), 丙寅 (bǐngyín), 丁卯 (dīngmǎo), 戊辰 (wùchén), 己巳 (jǐsì), 庚午 (gēngwǔ), 辛未 (xīnwèi), 壬申 (rénshēn), 癸酉 (guǐyǒu), 甲戌 (jiǎxū), 乙亥 (yǐhài), 丙子 (bǐngzǐ), 丁丑 (dīngchǒu), 戊寅 (wùyín), 己卯 (jǐmǎo), 庚辰 (gēngchén), 辛巳 (xīnsì), 壬午 (rénwǔ), 癸未 (guǐwèi), 甲申 (jiǎshēn), 乙酉 (yǐyǒu), 丙戌 (bǐngxū), 丁亥 (dīnghài), 戊子 (wùzǐ), 己丑 (jǐchǒu), 庚寅 (gēngyín), 辛卯 (xīnmǎo), 壬辰 (rénchén), 癸巳 (guǐsì), 甲午 (jiǎwǔ), 乙未 (yǐwèi), 丙申 (bǐngshēn), 丁酉 (dīngyǒu), 戊戌 (wùxū), 己亥 (jǐhài), 庚子 (gēngzǐ), 辛丑 (xīnchǒu), 壬寅 (rényín), 癸卯 (guǐmǎo), 甲辰 (jiǎchén), 乙巳 (yǐsì), 丙午 (bǐngwǔ), 丁未 (dīngwèi), 戊申 (wùshēn), 己酉 (jǐyǒu), 庚戌 (gēngxū), 辛亥 (xīnhài), 壬子 (rénzǐ), 癸丑 (guǐchǒu), 甲寅 (jiǎyín), 乙卯 (yǐmǎo), 丙辰 (bǐngchén), 丁巳 (dīngsì), 戊午 (wùwǔ), 己未 (jǐwèi), 庚申 (gēngshēn), 辛酉 (xīnyǒu), 壬戌 (rénxū), 癸亥 (guǐhài)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 庚 | 子 |
| かのえ Jinmeiyō | ね Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
Compound of 庚(かのえ) (kanoe, “the seventh heavenly stem”) + 子(ね) (ne, “the Rat, the first earthly stem”)

#### Noun

庚(かのえ)子(ね) • (kanoene)
* Metal Rat, the thirty-seventh term of the sexagenary cycle
    Hypernym: 干支

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 庚 | 子 |
| こう Jinmeiyō | し Grade: 1 |
| kan'on | on'yomi |
Compound of 庚(こう) (kō, “the seventh heavenly stem”) + 子(し) (shi, “the Rat, the first earthly stem”)

#### Noun

庚(こう)子(し) • (kōshi)
* Metal Rat, the thirty-seventh term of the sexagenary cycle
    Hypernym: 干支

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 庚 | 子 |

### Proper noun

庚子 • (Gyeongja) (hangeul 경자)
* hanja form of 경자 (“Metal Rat, the thirty-seventh in the sexagenary cycle”)