Jia

See also: Jia (homonymy)

Jia , or kia (zh-Hant 甲, jiǎ ) is the first of the ten celestial stems of the sexagesimal Cycle Chinese.

It corresponds in the theory of the yin and yang to the yáng and in the theory of the five elements to the element wood. It is associated with the cardinal point is. As the character jia represents the carapace of a tortoise, in the theory of the sexagesimal cycle representing the growth of the plants, the jia represents the hull of a seed.

In Chinese and Japanese, the character jia often represents the first element of a list: the letter has , the note “very well”, etc It is also used in Organic chemistry to represent the group methyl. For example: Methane (zh-Hant 甲烷 jiǎwán ), Methanoic acid (zh-Hant 甲酸 jiǎsuān ), Methanol (zh-Hant 甲醇 jiǎchún ), etc

The years in jia are those of the Gregorian Calendrier finishing by 4: 1984, 1994, 2004, 2014, etc

In the Chinese sexagesimal cycle, the celestial stem jia joins the terrestrial branches zi , xu , shen , wu , chen and yin to form the combinations:

Jiazi (zh-Hant 甲子) = 1
Jiaxu (zh-Hant 甲戌) = 11
Jiashen (zh-Hant 甲申) = 21
Jiawu (zh-Hant 甲午) = 31
Jiachen (zh-Hant 甲辰) = 41
Jiayin (zh-Hant 甲寅) = 51

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