天干

tiān gān
Dictionary entry
the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc

What does 天干 mean?

天干 (tiān gān) has the following dictionary meaning.

1the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc

Character breakdown

Open each character to see its own meanings and vocabulary links.

Reviewed examples

No reviewed example dialogues yet. This page only shows verified dictionary data until a context lesson is published.

How to pronounce 天干

天干
tiān gān
Tap to hear Mandarin.
Base dictionary data: CC-CEDICT · CC BY-SA 4.0.