庚 - gēng - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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庚

gēng

Definition

age
seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
seventh in order
letter "G" or roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
ancient Chinese compass point: 255°
hepta

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

鶊

gēng

oriole

Related words (10)

庚午

gēng wǔ

seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050

庚子

gēng zǐ

thirty seventh year G1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020; cf 庚子國變|庚子国变, the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion

庚寅

gēng yín

twenty seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070

庚戌

gēng xū

forty seventh year G11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030

庚申

gēng shēn

fifty seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040

庚糖

gēng táng

heptose (CH2O)7, monosaccharide with seven carbon atoms

庚辰

gēng chén

seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060

庚子國變

gēng zǐ guó biàn

the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion

倉庚

cāng gēng

black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)

年庚

nián gēng

date and time of a person's birth; age

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