庚戌

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Chinese

7th heavenly stem; age 11th earthly branch; 7–9 p.m.
simp. and trad.
(庚戌)
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Noun

庚戌

  1. The forty-seventh term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Metal Dog" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.

Coordinate terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
かのえ
Jinmeiyō
いぬ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Compound of (かのえ) (kanoe, the seventh heavenly stem) + (いぬ) (inu, the Dog, the eleventh earthly branch)

Noun

(かのえ)(いぬ) (kanoeinu

  1. Metal Dog, the forty-seventh term of the sexagenary cycle
    Hypernym: 干支

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
こう
Jinmeiyō
じゅつ
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Compound of (こう) (, the seventh heavenly stem) + (じゅつ) (jutsu, the Dog, the eleventh earthly branch)

Noun

(こう)(じゅつ) (kōjutsu

  1. Metal Dog, the forty-seventh term of the sexagenary cycle
    Hypernym: 干支

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

庚戌 (Gyeongsul) (hangeul 경술)

  1. hanja form? of 경술 (Metal Dog, the forty-seventh in the sexagenary cycle)