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庚
Mandarin · pinyin gēng
Meanings
- 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
Characters in this entry
- 庚
- gēng · 7th heavenly stem
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Mandarin tones
1 · geng1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gang1
Cantonese word readings for 庚. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character
- age
- the seventh of the ten heavenly stems
- a surname
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