- ten celestial stems (two types each of wood, fire, earth, metal, water); ten heavenly stems
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- ten celestial stems
This term is used in the context of traditional East Asian calendars and astrology. The ten celestial stems are combined with the twelve terrestrial branches to create a comprehensive system used for various purposes including timekeeping, fortune-telling, and identifying years, months, days, and hours.
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じっかん十干をおぼえる覚えるto memorize the ten celestial stemsじっかん十干とじゅうにし十二支the ten celestial stems and the twelve zodiac signsじっかん十干のひょう表table of the ten celestial stemsじっかん十干のつかいかた使い方usage of the ten celestial stemsじっかん十干とごぎょう五行the ten celestial stems and the five elementsじっかん十干をまなぶ学ぶto study the ten celestial stemsじっかん十干のじゅんばん順番order of the ten celestial stemsじっかん十干にもとづく基づくbased on the ten celestial stemsじっかん十干のきごう記号symbols of the ten celestial stemsじっかん十干をもちいた用いたうらない占いfortune-telling using the ten celestial stems
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