十干 in English shi2 gan1 Meaning

Meanings

  • same as 天干
  • the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)

Simplified Characters

十 干

Traditional Characters

十 干

Pinyin

shi2 gan1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

十shi2ten 干gan4old variant of 乾|干[gan1]