癸
癸 — gye
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 북방/천간 계
- Romanization
- gye
- English
- 10th heavenly stem
- Mandarin
- guǐ
- Japanese on'yomi
- キ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- みずのと
- Japanese usage
- Not on either list
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 癶 (105, 4 residual)
- Unicode
- U+7678
Parts that make up 癸
- 癶 좌우로 벌린 두 발디디고 오르는 일
- 天 하늘 천 사람 머리 위에 그은 한 획하늘. ‘천’ 계열의 소리
Korean example words with 癸
- 계유癸酉 Korean gloss: 육십갑자의 열째.
- 계축癸丑 Korean gloss: 육십갑자의 쉰째.
- 계묘癸卯 Korean gloss: 육십갑자의 마흔째.
- 계미癸未 Korean gloss: 육십갑자의 스무째.
- 계사癸巳 Korean gloss: 육십갑자의 서른째.
- 계해癸亥 Korean gloss: 육십갑자의 예순째.
- 계기癸期 Korean gloss: 월경(月經)을 하는 시기.
- 계년癸年 Korean gloss: 천간(天干)이 계(癸)로 된 해.
- 계일癸日 Korean gloss: 천간(天干)이 계(癸)로 된 날.
- 임계壬癸 Korean gloss: 맹인들의 은어로, ‘물’을 이르는 말.
- 계시癸時 Korean gloss: 이십사시(二十四時)의 둘째 시. 오전 영시 반에서 한 시 반까지이다.
- 계좌癸坐 Korean gloss: 묏자리나 집터 따위가 계방(癸方)을 등진 방향. 또는 그렇게 앉은 자리.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 癸
- 癸き 10th in rank; tenth sign of the Chinese calendar
- 癸丑みずのとうし Water Ox (50th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1913, 1973, 2033)
- 癸未みずのとひつじ Water Sheep (20th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1943, 2003, 2063)
- 癸酉みずのととり Water Rooster (10th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1933, 1993, 2053)
- 癸巳みずのとみ Water Snake (30th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1953, 2013, 2073)
- 癸卯みずのとう Water Rabbit (40th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1963, 2023, 2083)
- 癸亥みずのとい Water Boar (60th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1923, 1983, 2043)
Characters sharing the phonetic 癸
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “규” in Korean.
Other hanja read “계”
Other hanja with radical 癶
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences