- sexagenary cycle
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It is a cycle of sixty terms, each corresponding to one year. It is the combination of ten Heavenly Stems and twelve Earth Branches. China, Korea, and Japan used these Heavenly Stems and Earth Branches to refer an important event in the corresponding year.
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