庚
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Meaning: age
💡 A 'Geng' age: think of the 7th stem marking your years in the calendar cycle.
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Character Story & Explanation
庚 (gēng) is the 7th Heavenly Stem, used in the traditional Chinese sexagenary cycle to denote time and age. It also means 'age' in a formal context, as in 年庚 (nián gēng). Culturally, it ties to the Chinese worldview of cyclical time and cosmic order.
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