庚(gēng)

8 strokes

age

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Character information

Pinyin
gēng
Meaning
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
Strokes
8
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 庚 comes from and how its parts fit together.

⿸广？

Made of

广guǎng

Parts are arranged enclosing from the upper left.

How to write 庚 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 庚

Common words using 庚 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

cāng仓gēng庚

black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)

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nián年gēng庚

date and time of a person's birth; age

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gēng庚wǔ午

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

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gēng庚zǐ子

37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020

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gēng庚shēn申

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

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gēng庚chén辰

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

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huá华luó罗gēng庚

Hua Luogeng (1910-1985), Chinese number theorist

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cháng长gēng庚

Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the west after dusk

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Related characters

From 庚’s common words

仓年午子申辰华罗

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