天干 [ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄢ; tian1 gan1]
the 10 heavenly stems 甲[ㄐㄧㄚˇ; jia3], 乙[ㄧˇ; yi3], 丙[ㄅㄧㄥˇ; bing3], 丁[ㄉㄧㄥ; ding1], 戊[ㄨˋ; wu4], 己[ㄐㄧˇ; ji3], 庚[ㄍㄥ; geng1], 辛[ㄒㄧㄣ; xin1], 壬[ㄖㄣˊ; ren2], 癸[ㄍㄨㄟˇ; gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
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天干
てんかん
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
see: 十干
celestial stems (10 signs of the Chinese calendar)
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