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Heavenly Stems

East Asian (Chinese) system of 10 ordinals, first appeared during the Shang dynasty (ca. 1250 BCE); together with the 6 Earthly Branches produce a compound cycle of 60 days or 60 years
Class type of: numbering scheme Q1190985

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
notation, unit of time, decad[2][3]
Inception
1250 BC[17]
Subclass of
numbering scheme[4]
Part of
Sexagenary cycle[5]
Country of origin
China[6]
Has part(s)
jiǎ, yǐ, bǐng, dīng, wù, jǐ, gēng, xīn, rén, guǐ[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Has parts
jiǎ, yǐ, bǐng, dīng, wù, jǐ, gēng, xīn, rén, guǐ
Native label
天干, 十干, 天干, 천간, 십간, Thiên Can, Thập Can[19][20][21]
Quantity
10.0[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Celestial Stems en Heavenly Stems en kane en tiangan en t'ien-kan en tien-kan en tyen-kan de Himmelsstämme de Himmelsstamm de Jikkan de Shigan de Tiangan de Zehn Himmelsstämme de Zwölf Himmelsstämme es Troncos celestiales fa شاخه‌های آسمانی fi Taivaallinen runko fi Taivaalliset rungot fr jikkan fr ch’ŏn’gan
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Animals on 24 Season Chinese Clock (4140189902).jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/019cj4
KBpedia ID
CalendarSystem
Namuwiki ID
천간
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
十干
Topic's main category
Category:Heavenly Stems

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Examples 10
bǐng, dīng, guǐ, jiǎ, gēng, jǐ, rén, wù +2 more
Has part(s) 10
bǐng, dīng, guǐ, jiǎ, gēng, jǐ, rén, wù +2 more
Instance of 3
unit of time, notation, decad
Belongs to 1
Sexagenary cycle
Country of origin 1
China
Part of 1
Sexagenary cycle
Subclass of 1
numbering scheme
Topic's main category 1
Category:Heavenly Stems
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Category:Heavenly Stems
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Summary

Heavenly Stems is a notation[1].

Related Entities

China

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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