Heavenly Stems
Sign in to saveAlso known as Celestial Stems, tiangan, t'ien-kan, tien-kan, tyen-kan, kane
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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- notation
- Subclass of
- numbering scheme
- Part of
- Sexagenary cycle
- Has part
- guǐ
- Country of origin
- China
- Image
- Animals on 24 Season Chinese Clock (4140189902).jpg
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- native label
- Thập Can
- Commons category
- Heavenly Stems
- quantity
- 10
- topic's main category
- Category:Heavenly Stems
- inception
- 1250-00-00
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