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7th heavenly stem

HSK 10
Communication →Language
gēng
コウ
かのえ
경
Depicts an instrument like a gong. Based on the original meaning "gong", now written as 鉦. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Bronze
Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
庚
Regular
Modern
Chinese
庚 [gēng]
age; seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí​tiān​gān]; seventh in order; letter "G" or Roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 255°; hepta
Japanese
庚 かのえ 、 こう 同音
noun 7th in rank; seventh sign of the Chinese calendar
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
庚 かなえ
Kanae female given name
庚 かのえ
Kanoe female given name
庚 こう
Kō surnamegiven name
CHINESE WORDS (18)
贵庚 [guì​gēng] #54,638
your age (honorific)
贵庚 [guì​gēng] #54,638
your age (honorific)
庚子 [gēng​zǐ] #35,295
37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020
庚辰 [gēng​chén] #39,455
seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060
华罗庚 [Huà​Luó​gēng] #39,957
Hua Luogeng (1910-1985), Chinese number theorist
华罗庚 [Huà​Luó​gēng] #39,957
Hua Luogeng (1910-1985), Chinese number theorist
庚戌 [gēng​xū] #40,430
forty-seventh year G11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030
庚申 [gēng​shēn] #41,741
fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040
庚寅 [gēng​yín] #44,050
twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070
庚午 [gēng​wǔ] #44,222
seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050
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JAPANESE WORDS (14)
庚申 [かのえさる] #69,676
Metal Monkey (57th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040)
庚戌 [かのえいぬ] #157,256
Metal Dog (47th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1910, 1970, 2030)
庚午 [かのえうま] #159,337
Metal Horse (7th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1930, 1990, 2050)
庚子 [かのえね] #183,341
Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
庚寅 [かのえとら] #196,783
Metal Tiger (27th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1950, 2010, 2070)
庚辰 [かのえたつ] #204,798
Metal Dragon (17th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1940, 2000, 2060)
庚申待 [こうしんまち] #211,633
kōshin-machi
庚午年籍 [こうごねんじゃく] #234,211
Kōgo register
同庚 [どうこう]
same age
庚申塚 [こうしんづか]
roadside standing stone dedicated to the Buddhist deity Shōmen Kongō (usu. also engraved with the three wise monkeys)
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