Chinese symbol for “deca”
癸
guǐ
tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 (shí tiān gān); tenth in order; letter "J" or Roman "X" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 15°
The closest CC-CEDICT match for deca is 癸 (guǐ), defined as: tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 (shí tiān gān); tenth in order; letter "J" or Roman "X" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 15°; deca.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 癸.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 癸卯 | guǐ mǎo | fortieth year J4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1963 or 2023 |
| 癸巳 | guǐ sì | thirtieth year J6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2013 or 2073 |
| 癸丑 | guǐ chǒu | fiftieth year J2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1973 or 2033 |
| 癸未 | guǐ wèi | twentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063 |
| 癸亥 | guǐ hài | sixtieth year J12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1983 or 2043 |
| 癸酉 | guǐ yǒu | tenth year J10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1993 or 2053 |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.