English Dictionary

heavenly stem

noun

(historical or astrology) A day of the traditional ten-day week. / (mythology) One of the ten suns thought to appear in succession on its appointed day of the traditional week.

The heavenly stem represents the five elements in Chinese astrology.

意味（1）

(historical or astrology) A day of the traditional ten-day week.

意味（2）

(mythology) One of the ten suns thought to appear in succession on its appointed day of the traditional week.

意味（3）

(historical religion) The ancestor venerated with a ritual on the appointed day of the traditional week.

意味（4）

(formal) An ordinal, used in similar contexts to Roman numerals in English numbering and outlining.