己き

noun

sixth sign of the Chinese sexagenary cycle; 6th in rank

Refers to the sixth celestial stem (己) in the traditional Chinese calendar system, often used in combination with earthly branches to form the sexagenary cycle. The reading つちのと is the native Japanese name; き is the Sino-Japanese reading.

• 今年ことしは己つちのとの年としです。

  This year is the year of the sixth celestial stem.

• 十じっ干かんでは、己つちのとは六ろく番ばん目めにあたる。

  In the ten celestial stems, 己 corresponds to the sixth.