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庚

gēng

related components & characters

[object Object]

classical translation

seventh, evening star (Venus)

sprout above ground
ecological image

sprout above ground

7th heavenly stem. A sprout is shown with the image of 申, meaning "to stretch." This is the stage when the plant grows taller. 

nuanced meaning

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ancient characters
alternate images from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology:
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Universal Qi is a project by Dr. Evren “Ev” Juniper, Doctor of East Asian Medicine (DAcCHM, LAc). Ev’s work explores the relationship between embodied clinical experience and the scholarly study of early Chinese language and classical medical texts.

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