China Kwang-Tung Province Cent Help

The Krause Catalog lists that as either Y#417-Bronze or Y#417a-Brass. I am trying for a date, but listing shows 1912, 1914, 1915, 1916, or 1918.

It is brass. That does make sense now. So first symbol means year 11 o'clock and right after is 5.

Fuzzy is right.

It's a fifth year Republic of China, so that makes it 1916 for your date.

At the top of the obverse going from right to left, the characters read:
Chung Hua Min Kuo Wu Nien

That fifth character (Wu, or 5) is your date (fifth year of the Republic of China, or 1916).

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I'll add that Chung Hua Min Kuo (the first four characters from right to left) indicate the Republic of China. When you see these characters on Chinese coins of this year, you will usually find the year of the Republic followed by the character Nien.

You can find a Chinese number chart online or in the Krause catalog. To get the Republic of China date, simply add 1911 to the "date number". (on your coin it is 5, so 5 + 1911 = 1916)