🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

Troncs célestes

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Troncs célestes

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Heavenly Stems/ˈhɛvənli stɛmz/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Les troncs célestes sont utilisés dans le calendrier traditionnel."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A series of ten Chinese characters used in a traditional calendar system in combination with the Earthly Branches.

    "The calendar calculation relies on the cycle of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the literal translation of the traditional Chinese concept 'Tiangan' (天干), a decimal system used historically for timekeeping and divination in East Asia.

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