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癸

guǐ

Character

What 癸 means

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

Words starting with 癸

• 癸丑guǐ chǒufiftieth year J2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1973 or 2033
• 癸亥guǐ hàisixtieth year J12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1983 or 2043
• 癸未guǐ wèitwentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063
• 癸水guǐ shuǐmenstruation; woman's period
• 癸卯guǐ mǎofortieth year J4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1963 or 2023
• 癸巳guǐ sìthirtieth year J6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2013 or 2073
• 癸酉guǐ yǒutenth year J10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1993 or 2053

Words containing 癸

• 天癸tiān guǐ(TCM) menstruation; period

Characters that look like 癸

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 帮bāngto help; to assist; to support
• 荷hélotus
• 铃líng(small) bell
• 脊jǐ(bound form) spine; backbone; (bound form) ridge
• 弈yìancient name for go (Chinese board game)
• 羿Yìsurname Yi; name of a legendary archer (also called 后羿

Sounds the same

Read guǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鬼disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc…
• 轨(bound form) rail; track; course; path
• 诡(bound form) sly; crafty; (literary) weird; bizarre; (literary) contradictory…
• 晷sundial
• 簋ancient bronze food vessel with a round mouth and two or four handles…
• 氿mountain spring
• 宄traitor
• 庋(literary) shelf; (literary) to store; to keep; to preserve
• 姽quiet and nice
• 佹(literary) perverse; unreasonable; (literary) eccentric; enigmatic; (literary) by chance…
• 垝(literary) dilapidated; collapsed; damaged
• 匦small box