十天干
Traditional form:
十天干
Pinyin (reading):
shítiāngān
Definitions:
- the ten Heavenly Stems 甲 (jiǎ), 乙 (yǐ), 丙 (bǐng), 丁 (dīng), 戊 (wù), 己 (jǐ), 庚 (gēng), 辛 (xīn), 壬 (rén), 癸 (guǐ) (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
Characters:
- 十 - ten, tenth; complete; perfect
- 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
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