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十干

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 十干.

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Entry

十干っかんNounFreq #127001
1

ten celestial stems (two types each of wood, fire, earth, metal, water); ten heavenly stems

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

ten

2 strokesFrequency 8JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ジュウジッジュッ

Kun

とお

Nanori

そうとう

dry, parch, ebb, recede, interfere, intercede

3 strokesFrequency 1,349JLPT N2Grade 6

On

カン

Kun

ほ.すほ.し--ぼ.しひ.る

Nanori

ほし

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