天干 tiān gān

DEFINITIONS

  1. 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

CHARACTERS

天 tiān
HSK 1
sky, heaven; god, celestial
干 gān
HSK 3
oppose, offend; invade; dried