SuGoiSuす語彙す庚
庚: 7th heavenly stem
7th heavenly stem
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Readings
On
コウ
Kunかのえ
The seventh of the ten stems (甲乙丙丁戊己庚辛壬癸), read こう or かのえ; best known in 庚申.
Key words
庚かのえ7th of the ten stems
庚申こうしんKoshin (folk belief; day in the cycle)
庚午かのえうま7th of the 60-year cycle
庚申塚こうしんづかKoshin mound (roadside)
Example sentences
十干の七番目は庚で、「かのえ」とも読む。
The seventh of the ten stems is 庚, which can also be read 'kanoe'.
昔は、庚申の夜は眠らずに過ごす風習があった。
In the past there was a custom of staying up all night on the night of Koshin.
一九九〇年は、干支でいうと庚午の年だった。
In the sexagenary cycle, 1990 was a kanoe-uma year.