English Explanatory Dictionary

heavenly stem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the ten terms used in East Asian cultures to represent
  2. A day of the traditional ten-day week.
  3. One of the ten suns thought to appear in succession on its appointed day of the traditional week.
  4. The ancestor venerated with a ritual on the appointed day of the traditional week.
  5. An ordinal, used in similar contexts to Roman numerals in English numbering and outlining.

Word forms

heavenly stem heavenly stems

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 天干 (tiāngān).

Synonyms

celestial stem

Related words

earthly branch

Translations

Catalan: tronc celeste Catalan: tija de cel Chinese Mandarin: 天干 Chinese Mandarin: 十干 Finnish: taivaallinen runko French: tige céleste German: Himmelsstamm Japanese: 天干 Japanese: 十干 Korean: 천간 Korean: 십간 Manchu: ᠠᠪᡴᠠᡳ ᠴᡳᡴᡨᡝᠨ Manchu: ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠴᡳᡴᡨᡝᠨ Manchu: ᠴᡳᡴᡨᡝᠨ Russian: небе́сный ствол Tày: can Vietnamese: thiên can Zhuang: diengan
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