癸

10th heavenly stem; tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; tenth in order; letter "J" or Roman "X" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 15°; deca

Strokes
9
Pinyin
guǐ

Parts

Built from 癸

Words with 癸

  1. 十干shí gān · shigansame as 天干; the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
  2. 天干tiān gān · tianganthe 10 heavenly stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
  3. 天癸tiān guǐ · tiangui(TCM) menstruation; period
  4. 癸丑guǐ chǒu · guichoufiftieth year J2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1973 or 2033
  5. 癸亥guǐ hài · guihaisixtieth year J12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1983 or 2043
  6. 癸卯guǐ mǎo · guimaofortieth year J4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1963 or 2023
  7. 癸巳guǐ sì · guisithirtieth year J6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2013 or 2073
  8. 癸未guǐ wèi · guiweitwentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063
  9. 癸水guǐ shuǐ · guishuimenstruation; woman's period
  10. 癸酉guǐ yǒu · guiyoutenth year J10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1993 or 2053
  11. 十天干shí tiān gān · shitianganthe ten Heavenly Stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3] (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences