甲 (Kinoe): meaning and personality
A great tree growing straight up toward the sky. The first of the ten stems, it carries the energy of beginnings.
On this page
- Japanese reading
- Kinoe
- Sino-Japanese
- kō
- Element
- Wood
- Yin / Yang
- Yang
- Image
- A great tree
- Season
- Spring
- Direction
- East
- Color
- Blue-green (ao)
1.An old reading of 甲
The Book of Han reads 甲 as a shoot breaking through its hard shell (甲 also means “armor” or “shell”).
The Japanese name Kinoe means “the elder brother of Wood”: e (兄) for the yang stems and to (弟) for the yin stems. See also what are the ten stems?.
2.Personality when your Day Master is 甲
In Four Pillars astrology, the stem of the day you were born (the Day Master) represents you yourself. A 甲 Day Master is likened to a great tree.
Strengths
You are a natural leader with a strong sense of justice, and once you decide something you see it through. You look after people, and friends trust you deeply.
Things to watch
Like a great tree that cannot bend, you can be inflexible, and pride makes it hard for you to bow your head to others.
3.Work and career
Heads of organizations, business owners, teachers, civil servants, architecture and forestry: work that grows people and organizations and drives long-term plans.
4.Love and marriage
You are straightforward in love and want to protect your partner. Shy about putting feelings into words, you show love through action.
5.甲 and the other stems
Compatibility between stems is read from the generating and controlling cycles of the five elements, plus the special “stem combinations” (kangō).
| Other stem | Element | Relationship |
|---|---|---|
| Kinoto (乙) | Wood | Same element: an easy, like-minded match |
| Hinoe (丙) | Fire | Generating: you feed this stem |
| Hinoto (丁) | Fire | Generating: you feed this stem |
| Tsuchinoe (戊) | Earth | Controlling: you restrain this stem |
| Tsuchinoto (己) | Earth | Controlling: you restrain this stem; kangō (stem combination, transforms to Earth): a strong mutual attraction |
| Kanoe (庚) | Metal | Controlling: this stem restrains you |
| Kanoto (辛) | Metal | Controlling: this stem restrains you |
| Mizunoe (壬) | Water | Generating: this stem feeds you |
| Mizunoto (癸) | Water | Generating: this stem feeds you |
6.The six eto containing 甲
甲子 Kinoe-ne, 甲戌 Kinoe-inu, 甲申 Kinoe-saru, 甲午 Kinoe-uma, 甲辰 Kinoe-tatsu, 甲寅 Kinoe-tora
7.Lucky tips
Get some morning sun, stand up straight and wear something green. Visiting a shrine with a great old tree is also recommended.
Your Day Master can be calculated from your date of birth. Use the free Four Pillars chart to see your Day Master and the balance of your five elements.
8.FAQ
How do you read 甲?
In Japanese it is read “kinoe”; the Sino-Japanese reading is “kō”.
What element is 甲?
甲 is Yang Wood.