"heavenly stem" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: heavenly stems [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 天干 (tiāngān). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|zh|-}} Calque of Chinese, {{zh-l|天干}} 天干 (tiāngān) Head templates: {{en-noun}} heavenly stem (plural heavenly stems)
  1. One of the ten terms used in East Asian cultures to represent
    (historical or astrology) A day of the traditional ten-day week.
    Tags: historical Categories (topical): Astrology
    Sense id: en-heavenly_stem-en-noun-gcXQb5U9 Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
  2. One of the ten terms used in East Asian cultures to represent
    (mythology) One of the ten suns thought to appear in succession on its appointed day of the traditional week.
    Categories (topical): Mythology
    Sense id: en-heavenly_stem-en-noun-jmb5CAiq Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  3. One of the ten terms used in East Asian cultures to represent
    (historical religion) The ancestor venerated with a ritual on the appointed day of the traditional week.
    Tags: historical Categories (topical): Religion Synonyms: celestial stem Related terms: earthly branch
    Sense id: en-heavenly_stem-en-noun-YG~AD1nm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 16 43 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 16 42 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 19 41 21 Topics: lifestyle, religion
  4. One of the ten terms used in East Asian cultures to represent
    (formal) An ordinal, used in similar contexts to Roman numerals in English numbering and outlining.
    Tags: formal
    Sense id: en-heavenly_stem-en-noun-Gq~t7MIG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (set of ten terms in East Asian cultures): tronc celeste [masculine] (Catalan), tija de cel [feminine] (Catalan), 天干 (tiāngān) (Chinese Mandarin), 十干 (shígān) (english: the 10 heavenly stems) (Chinese Mandarin), taivaallinen runko (Finnish), tige céleste [feminine] (French), Himmelsstamm [masculine] (German), 天干 (tenkan) (alt: てんかん) (Japanese), 十干 (jikkan) (english: the 10 heavenly stems) (alt: じっかん) (Japanese), 천간 (cheon'gan) (Korean), 십간 (sipgan) (english: the 10 heavenly stems) (Korean), ᠠᠪᡴᠠᡳ ᠴᡳᡴᡨᡝᠨ (abkai cikten) (Manchu), ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠴᡳᡴᡨᡝᠨ (juwan cikten) (Manchu), небе́сный ствол (nebésnyj stvol) (Russian), thiên can (Vietnamese), diengan (Zhuang)
Disambiguation of 'set of ten terms in East Asian cultures': 25 25 25 25

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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "set of ten terms in East Asian cultures",
      "word": "taivaallinen runko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "set of ten terms in East Asian cultures",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tige céleste"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "set of ten terms in East Asian cultures",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Himmelsstamm"
    },
    {
      "alt": "てんかん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tenkan",
      "sense": "set of ten terms in East Asian cultures",
      "word": "天干"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じっかん",
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "the 10 heavenly stems",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jikkan",
      "sense": "set of ten terms in East Asian cultures",
      "word": "十干"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "cheon'gan",
      "sense": "set of ten terms in East Asian cultures",
      "word": "천간"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "english": "the 10 heavenly stems",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sipgan",
      "sense": "set of ten terms in East Asian cultures",
      "word": "십간"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "abkai cikten",
      "sense": "set of ten terms in East Asian cultures",
      "word": "ᠠᠪᡴᠠᡳ ᠴᡳᡴᡨᡝᠨ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "juwan cikten",
      "sense": "set of ten terms in East Asian cultures",
      "word": "ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠴᡳᡴᡨᡝᠨ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nebésnyj stvol",
      "sense": "set of ten terms in East Asian cultures",
      "word": "небе́сный ствол"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "set of ten terms in East Asian cultures",
      "word": "thiên can"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "set of ten terms in East Asian cultures",
      "word": "diengan"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "heavenly stem"
  ],
  "word": "heavenly stem"
}

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