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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 天干
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 天干 | tiān gān | - the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 63,796 | 52,720 | 28,917 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 天 | tiān | - day - sky - heaven |
| 干 | gān | - surname Gan |
| 干 | gān | - (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with - one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] - (archaic) shield |
| 干 | gān | - old variant of 乾|干[gan1] |
| 干 | gān | - surname Gan |
| 干 | gān | - dry - dried food - empty; hollow - taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster - futile; in vain - (dialect) rude; blunt - (dialect) to cold-shoulder |
| 干 | gān | - variant of 乾|干[gan1] |
| 干 | gàn | - tree trunk - main part of sth - to manage - to work - to do - capable - cadre - to kill (slang) - to fuck (vulgar) - (coll.) pissed off - annoyed |
Other Words Containing 天干
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 天干 | - | - | 63,796 | 52,720 | 28,917 |