天干 tiān gān

ten Heavenly Stems in Chinese calendar

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 61129th word

Definitions

  1. 1. the 10 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 numbers I, II etc

Characters

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