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                十干
                            shí gān
                        
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Definitions
- 1. same as 天干
- 2. 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)