十干

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Chinese

		ten	heavenly stem
simp. and trad. (十干)		十	干

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shígān

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄍㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ gon¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shígān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄍㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhgan
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-kan¹
  - Yale: shŕ-gān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrgan
  - Palladius: шигань (šiganʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ kän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sap⁶ gon¹
  - Yale: sahp gōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ gon¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ gon¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² kɔːn⁵⁵/

Noun

十干

Synonym of 天干 (tiāngān): the ten heavenly stems

Japanese

Kanji in this term
十	干
じっ Grade: 1	かん Grade: 6
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じっかん (Nakadaka – )
(Tokyo) じっかん (Nakadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

十(じっ)干(かん) • (jikkan)

the ten Heavenly Stems

Related terms

十(じゅう)二(に)支(し) (jūnishi)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
十	干

Noun

十干 • (sipgan) (hangeul 십간)

Hanja form^? of 십간.

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