(guǐ) - gui (tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems) in Mandarin
guǐTraditional: 癸
Translation
gui (tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems)
Word origin
An ancient pictograph, the tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems, thought to depict a measuring or weighing implement and later used as a calendrical sign.
- Origin
- pictograph
- Root
- a drawing of a crossed measuring implement
Stroke order
癸
Examples
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Gui is the last of the ten Heavenly Stems.
卯。
This year is the year of gui-mao.
古甲乙丙丁。
People in ancient times counted from jia, yi, bing, ding all the way to gui.
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Gui-water belongs to the water element in the five phases.
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He saw the character gui in the book.
癸 (guǐ) is the tenth and last of the ten Heavenly Stems (天干) used in the traditional Chinese sexagenary calendar. It appears mainly in dates, almanacs, and five-phase cosmology.
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