noun

  1. kanreki, one's 60th birthday (or 61st in the traditional age reckoning system) when one has lived through a full sexagenary cycle.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
還暦 かんれき

Contained Kanji Breakdown

send back, return
かえ.る カン (9th, N1)
round, stare
net radical variant (no. 122)
モウ ボウ あみがしら
long kimono
エン オン (Kentei 1)
good luck(吉) variant
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
calendar, almanac
こよみ レキ リャク (7th, N1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
grove, forest
リン はやし し (1st, N2)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)