gēng
庚 (gēng) is a Chinese word meaning “age; seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; seventh in order”.
Meanings
- 1age
- 2seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
- 3seventh in order
- 4letter "G" or Roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
- 5ancient Chinese compass point: 255°
- 6hepta
Related words
贵庚your age (honorific)仓庚black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)年庚date and time of a person's birth庚午seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050庚子37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020庚子国变the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion庚寅twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070庚戌forty-seventh year G11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030庚申fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040庚糖heptose (CH2O)7, monosaccharide with seven carbon atoms庚辰seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060华罗庚Hua Luogeng (1910-1985), Chinese number theorist