十天干 shí tiān gān

the ten Heavenly Stems in Chinese calendar

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. 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

Character Meaning
十 shí HSK 1
ten; 10
天 tiān HSK 1
day; sky; heaven
干 gān HSK 3
to do; to work; to manage