tiān​gān

heavenly stems

  • updated sense approved 天干 · tiān​gān · heavenly stems

    天干

    tiān​gān

    heavenly stems

    The ten heavenly stems (甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸), used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II, etc. The ten heavenly stems ([[甲|甲|jia3]], [[乙|乙|yi3]], [[丙|丙|bing3]], [[丁|丁|ding1]], [[戊|戊|wu4]], [[己|己|ji3]], [[庚|庚|geng1]], [[辛|辛|xin1]], [[壬|壬|ren2]], [[癸|癸|gui3]]), used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II, etc.

    中国古代历法是由天干和地支组合而成的。

    noun, place name

    updated sense

  • updated sense approved 天干 · tiān​gān · heavenly stems

    天干

    tiān​gān

    heavenly stems

    The ten heavenly stems (甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸), used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II, etc.

    中国古代历法是由天干和地支组合而成的。

    noun noun, place name

    updated sense

  • created sense approved 天干 · tiān​gān · heavenly stems

    天干

    tiān​gān

    heavenly stems

    The ten heavenly stems (甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸), used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II, etc.

    中国古代历法是由天干和地支组合而成的。

    noun

    created sense