庚
age; seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; seventh in order; letter "G" or Roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 255°; hepta
8 strokes
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How 庚 is formed
Characters built with 庚 as their sound component
These characters all use 庚 (gēng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 庚 sound component | gēng | age; 7th heavenly stem |
| 赓 | gēng | to continue a song |
| 鹒 | gēng | oriole |
Words containing 庚
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 庚子国变 | gēng zǐ guó biàn | the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasio… |
| 华罗庚 | Huà Luó gēng | Hua Luogeng (1910-1985), Chinese number theorist |
| 庚子 | gēng zǐ | 37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020 |
| 长庚 | Cháng gēng | Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the west after dusk |
| 年庚 | nián gēng | date and time of a person's birth; age |
| 庚糖 | gēng táng | heptose (CH2O)7, monosaccharide with seven carbon atoms |
| 贵庚 | guì gēng | your age (honorific) |
| 庚申 | gēng shēn | fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040 |
| 仓庚 | cāng gēng | black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis) |
| 庚午 | gēng wǔ | seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050 |
| 庚辰 | gēng chén | seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060 |
| 庚戌 | gēng xū | forty-seventh year G11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030 |
| 庚寅 | gēng yín | twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070 |