Sixtieth birthday in the Sinosphere

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Hwangap
A museum display of a gobaesang, a traditional table setting for hwangap
Chinese name
Chinese	甲子
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiǎzǐ Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Gaap6 Zi2
Korean name
Hangul	환갑
Hanja	還甲
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Hwangap McCune–Reischauer Hwan'gap
Japanese name
Kanji	還暦
Kana	かんれき
Kyūjitai	還曆
Transcriptions Romanization Kanreki

In the Sinosphere, one's sixtieth birthday has traditionally held special significance. Especially when life expectencies were shorter, the sixtieth birthday was seen as a symbolic threshold for reaching old age and having lived a full life. This birthday is known as jiazi in Chinese, kanreki in Japanese, and hwangap in Korean.