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English Definition	tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; tenth in order; letter "J" or Roman "X" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 15°; deca
Simplified Script	癸
Traditional Script	Same
Pinyin	guǐ
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	gwai³
Part of Speech	(名) noun
Topical Word Lists	Part of religion/mysticism/10 heavenly stems

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癸卯	guǐmǎo	fortieth year J4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1963 or 2023
癸未	guǐwèi	twentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063
癸丑	guǐchǒu	fiftieth year J2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1973 or 2033
癸酉	guǐyǒu	tenth year J10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1993 or 2053
癸亥	guǐhài	sixtieth year J12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1983 or 2043

Words With Same Tail Word
天癸	tiānguǐ	(TCM) menstruation; period

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