庚 — kanji meaning “7th”
庚
7th, 7th calendar sign
- Meanings
- 7th, 7th calendar sign
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- かのえ
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 9
- Classical radical
- 53
- Chinese reading
- gēng — Chinese character page
Words with 庚
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 庚申 | かのえさる kanoesaru | Metal Monkey (57th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040) |
| 庚申塚 | こうしんづか koushinzuka | roadside standing stone dedicated to the Buddhist deity Shōmen Kongō (usu. also engraved with the three wise monkeys) |
| 庚午 | かのえうま kanoeuma | Metal Horse (7th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1930, 1990, 2050) |
| 庚申待 | こうしんまち koushinmachi | kōshin-machi; staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle to prevent the three worms that were said to inhabit the human gut from reporting one's wrongdoings to the gods; a tradition that began among nobility in the Heian period and became widespread during the Edo period |
| 庚辰 | かのえたつ kanoetatsu | Metal Dragon (17th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1940, 2000, 2060) |
| 庚寅 | かのえとら kanoetora | Metal Tiger (27th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1950, 2010, 2070) |
| 庚戌 | かのえいぬ kanoeinu | Metal Dog (47th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1910, 1970, 2030) |
| 庚申薔薇 | こうしんばら koushinbara | China rose (Rosa chinensis); monthly rosebush |
| 庚午年籍 | こうごねんじゃく kougonenjaku | Kōgo register; Japan's first census register (670) |
| 庚子 | かのえね kanoene | Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080) |
| 同庚 | どうこう doukou | same age |
| 庚申講 | こうしんこう koushinkou | kōshin-machi association |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.