Usage of the character 庚
gēng
庚
[庚]
- 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
gēngwǔ
庚午
[庚午]
- seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050
gēngyín
庚寅
[庚寅]
- twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070
gēngxū
庚戌
[庚戌]
- forty-seventh year G11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030
gēngtáng
庚糖
[庚糖]
- heptose (CH2O)7, monosaccharide with seven carbon atoms
guìgēng
贵庚
[貴庚]
- your age (honorific)
Chánggēng
长庚
[長庚]
- Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the west after dusk
cānggēng
仓庚
[倉庚]
- black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
gēngshēn
庚申
[庚申]
- fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040
gēngchén
庚辰
[庚辰]
- seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060
gēngzǐ
庚子
[庚子]
- 37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020
niángēng
年庚
[年庚]
- date and time of a person's birth
- age
Huà Luógēng
华罗庚
[華羅庚]
- Hua Luogeng (1910-1985), Chinese number theorist
gēngzǐguóbiàn
庚子国变
[庚子國變]
- the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion