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 inthe calendar andas ordinal numbers I, II etc
Usage•••frequent
Pronunciations
天
干
As word
1
tian1
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
2
gan1
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
