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Heavenly Stems

The ten Heavenly Stems (or Celestial Stems) are a system of ordinals indigenous to China and used throughout East Asia, first attested c. 1250 BCE during the Shang dynasty as the names of the ten days of the week. They were also used in Shang-era rituals in the names of dead family members, who were offered sacrifices on the corresponding day of the…

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Chinese
天干
Chữ Hán
天干
Hangul
천간
Hanja
天干
Hanyu Pinyin
tiāngān
Hiragana
じっかん

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Heavenly Stems

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples64
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

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Heavenly Stems

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related to Current usage · 29
Heavenly Stems → American, Chinese, Daliuren, Diseases, Earthly Branches, English, Heaven, Hepatitis, In, In Korea, In Li's, Japan, Korean, Korean IT, Latin, Li Shanlan, MOUTH, Names, Qimen Dunjia, Serie
related to Origin · 13
Heavenly Stems → Chinese, David Keightley, Four Images, Grandfather Jia, Jonathan Smith, Shang, Some, Stems, The, Their, These, They, Twenty-Eight Mansions
related to External links · 4
Heavenly Stems → Archived, Earthly Branches, Hong Kong Observatory, Retrieved
Transcriptions · 3
Heavenly Stems → TranscriptionsRevised Romanizationcheongan, TranscriptionsRomanizationjikkan, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyintiāngānYue: CantoneseYale Romanizationtīn gōnJyutpingtin1 gon1Southern MinHokkien POJthian-kan
Chinese · 1
Heavenly Stems → 天干
Chữ Hán · 1
Heavenly Stems → 天干
Hangul · 1
Heavenly Stems → 천간
Hanja · 1
Heavenly Stems → 天干
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Heavenly Stems → tiāngān
Hiragana · 1
Heavenly Stems → じっかん

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stems heavenly used names ten shang chinese week earthly branches also system days ordinals four throughout corresponding day conjunction associated

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Heavenly StemsChinese天干1.00infobox
Heavenly StemsChữ Hán天干1.00infobox
Heavenly StemsHangul천간1.00infobox
Heavenly StemsHanja天干1.00infobox
Heavenly StemsHanyu Pinyintiāngān1.00infobox
Heavenly StemsHiraganaじっかん1.00infobox
Heavenly StemsHokkien POJthian-kan1.00infobox
Heavenly StemsJyutpingtin1 gon11.00infobox
Heavenly StemsKanji十干1.00infobox
Heavenly StemsManchu script.mw-parser-output .font-mong{font-family:"Menk Hawang Tig","Menk Qagan Tig","Menk Garqag Tig","Menk Har_a Tig","Menk Scnin Tig","Oyun Gurban Ulus Tig","Oyun Qagan Tig","Oyun Gar…1.00infobox
Heavenly StemsMöllendorffabkai cikten1.00infobox
Heavenly StemsRevised Romanizationcheongan1.00infobox
Heavenly StemsRomanizationjikkan1.00infobox
Heavenly StemsTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyintiāngānYue: CantoneseYale Romanizationtīn gōnJyutpingtin1 gon1Southern MinHokkien POJthian-kan1.00infobox
Heavenly StemsTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised Romanizationcheongan1.00infobox
Heavenly StemsTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRomanizationjikkan1.00infobox
Heavenly StemsVietnamese alphabetthiên can1.00infobox
Heavenly StemsYale Romanizationtīn gōn1.00infobox

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