Memory phrase for the character: 庚

庚

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Meaning

age, 7th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 十天干

Pronunciation

gēng

Explanation

 Left: building 广, right: hand , person 人

Mnemonic
 
In the building, a hand grasps a person with the question of: his age.

Radicals

广 buildingAt the explanation this radical is understood as building. The Hanzi 广 (guǎng) itself means: extensive, wide, numerous or to spread
handA hand with the forearm at the right and fingers stretched out to the left.
人 personA standing person with spread legs.




 Vocabulary

 
长庚 Cháng gēng  classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the west after dusk
华罗庚 Huà Luó gēng  Hua Luogeng (1910-1985), Chinese number theorist
庚寅 gēng yín  twenty seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070
 

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