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戊 originated as a pictograph of a long-handled, crescent-bladed weapon like a halberd or axe. As the Chinese calendar developed, the character was borrowed for its sound and assigned to represent the fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems, used for tracking time, years, and sequence. This calendrical function caused the original meaning of the physical weapon to be entirely lost, leaving 戊 to serve primarily as an ordinal marker or astronomical symbol.
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今年是戊戌年。
天干的第五位是戊。
戊时是晚上七点到九点。
戊子年间发生了很多大事。
在农历中，戊年通常与土元素相关联。
戊烷是一种有机化合物。
戊戌变法发生在公元一八九八年。
化学老师解释了戊烷的结构。