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壬子

rén zǐ

2-character word

What 壬子 means

1. forty-ninth year I1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1972 or 2032

The characters in 壬子

• 壬rénninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; ninth in order…
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Sounds the same

Read rén zǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 人子son of man

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