"干支" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: 干支 [canonical] (ruby: (かん), ()), kanshi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|かんし}} 干(かん)支(し) • (kanshi)
  1. the sexagenary cycle (especially sixty-year cycle) Related terms: 十干 (jikkan) (ruby: 十干(じっかん)) (english: ten heavenly stems), 十二支 (jūnishi) (ruby: 十二支(じゅうにし)) (english: twelve earthly branches), 還暦 (kanreki) (ruby: 還暦(かんれき)) (english: sexagennial)
    Sense id: en-干支-ja-noun-wPfa9yOU Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: 干支 [canonical] (ruby: 干支(えと)), eto [romanization]
Etymology: The combination of 兄 (え, e; elder brother) and 弟 (と, to; younger brother); the original meaning is 兄弟 (brother). Derived from this term, the elder is adopted as "positive" and "heavenly stems", the younger is adopted as "negative" and "earthly branches". Head templates: {{ja-noun|えと}} 干支(えと) • (eto)
  1. the sexagenary cycle (especially sixty-year cycle)
    Sense id: en-干支-ja-noun-wPfa9yOU1
  2. (narrowly): the twelve earthly branches Tags: narrowly
    Sense id: en-干支-ja-noun-3ClfmcJA Categories (other): Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 1 1 53 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 97 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 2 96 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 12 12 76 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 4 4 92 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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