天干 in English tian1 gan1 Meaning

Meanings

  • 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 and so on

Simplified Characters

天 干

Traditional Characters

天 干

Pinyin

tian1 gan1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

天tian1day 干gan4old variant of 乾|干[gan1]