庚

gēng ㄍㄥ

    • age
    • seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 shítiāngān
    • seventh in order
    • letter "G" or Roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
    • ancient Chinese compass point: 255°
    • hepta

Classifiers (measure words)

庚 itself can also be a classifier

Other words read gēng

In the same tone

  • 更 gēng change or replace
  • 羹 gēng thick soup
  • 耕 gēng plow
  • 赓 gēng continue
  • 緪 gēng rope

All 8 words read gēng

geng with other tones

  • 梗 gěng branch
  • 绠 gěng well rope
  • 郠 gěng (place name)
  • 埂 gěng strip of high ground
  • 耿 gěng bright

All 15 words read geng in any tone

Other words read gēng

In the same tone

  • 更 gēng change or replace
  • 羹 gēng thick soup
  • 耕 gēng plow
  • 賡 gēng continue
  • 緪 gēng rope

All 8 words read gēng

geng with other tones

  • 梗 gěng branch
  • 綆 gěng well rope
  • 郠 gěng (place name)
  • 埂 gěng strip of high ground
  • 耿 gěng bright

All 15 words read geng in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 庚

    部首 radical
    广
    笔画 strokes
    8, with 5 after the 部首
    Practise writing 庚

    Trace 庚, then write it from memory. Each stage is passed five times.

    Words with 庚

    Starting with 庚

    • 庚子 gēngzǐ 37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020
    • 庚申 gēngshēn fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040
    • 庚午 gēngwǔ seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050
    • 庚戌 gēngxū forty-seventh year G11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030
    • 庚寅 gēngyín twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070

    All 8 words starting with 庚

    Ending with 庚

    • 华罗庚 huàluógēng Hua Luogeng (1910-1985), Chinese number theorist
    • 贵庚 guìgēng your age
    • 长庚 chánggēng Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the west after dusk
    • 年庚 niángēng age
    • 仓庚 cānggēng black-naped oriole

    Words with 庚

    Starting with 庚

    • 庚子 gēngzǐ 37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020
    • 庚申 gēngshēn fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040
    • 庚午 gēngwǔ seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050
    • 庚戌 gēngxū forty-seventh year G11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030
    • 庚寅 gēngyín twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070

    All 8 words starting with 庚

    Ending with 庚

    • 華羅庚 huàluógēng Hua Luogeng (1910-1985), Chinese number theorist
    • 貴庚 guìgēng your age
    • 長庚 chánggēng Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the west after dusk
    • 年庚 niángēng age
    • 倉庚 cānggēng black-naped oriole

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