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庚
gēng
1. age
2. seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems [[十天干<shítiāngān>]]
3. seventh in order
4. letter "G" or roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
5. hepta
✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

庚
gēng
age; 7th heavenly stem
8 丶

Compound Words (12)

仓庚
cānggēng
black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
年庚
niángēng
date and time of a person's birth
庚午
gēngwǔ
seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050
庚子
gēngzǐ
thirty seventh year G1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020
庚寅
gēngyín
twenty seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070
庚戌
gēngxū
forty seventh year G11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030
庚申
gēngshēn
fifty seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040
庚糖
gēngtáng
heptose (CH2O)7, monosaccharide with seven carbon atoms
庚辰
gēngchén
seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060
长庚
Chánggēng
classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the west after dusk
华罗庚
HuàLuógēng
Hua Luogeng (1910-1985), Chinese number theorist
庚子国变
gēngzǐguóbiàn
the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion

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