癸

guǐ

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Definitions

guǐ tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]; tenth in order; letter "J" or Roman "X" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 15°; deca

Etymology

Possibly depicts a type of ancient weapon with three points on it. Based on the original meaning "a type of weapon", now written as 戣. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

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Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

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Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

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Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

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Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

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Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

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Bronze Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

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Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

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Clerical Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)

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Clerical Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)

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Clerical Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

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Seal Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

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