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guǐ

Meanings

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guǐ
  1. 1.tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
  2. 2.tenth in order
  3. 3.letter "J" or Roman "X" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  4. 4.ancient Chinese compass point: 15°
  5. 5.deca

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.the tenth of the ten heavenly stems
  2. 2.a surname

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Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – original meaning uncertain: * The original form of 戣 (OC *gwri) (a type of halberd); * The original form of 葵 (OC *gwi) (mallow); * A measuring tool, conceptually related to 揆 (OC *gwiʔ) and 季 (OC *kwis). Cheng (2024) proposes it depicts a setup for measuring solar shadows (using 土圭 (tǔguī, “clay measuring rule”)) to determine directions and solstices, and also considers it the original form of 規 (OC *kwe).

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Stroke order

Components

癸癶天

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Derived terms

呼庚呼癸天癸履癸庚癸庚癸之呼癸字號癸字号癸期癸水

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Related words

癸卯 fortieth year J4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1963 or 2023癸水 menstruation癸丑 fiftieth year J2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1973 or 2033癸亥 sixtieth year J12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1983 or 2043癸酉 tenth year J10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1993 or 2053癸巳 thirtieth year J6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2013 or 2073癸未 twentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063天癸 (TCM) menstruation