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The list of ten Heavenly Stems (天干; pinyin: tiāngān) was an enumeration of discrete entities, as in years and dates often employed in Chinese astrology. It has been in use in China since the Shang Dynasty (1600 BC).
The phonetic characters are:
The Heavenly Stems are associated with Yin Yang and the Five Elements. They are matched with the twelve Earthly Branches to form the 60 years cycles of Stem and Branch (干支) in Chinese calendar.
The Branches are still used commonly nowadays in China in counting systems parallel to how the alphabet is used in English, namely,
The kings of the Shang Dynasty have characters of the Branches in their given names.
See also: Chinese numerals
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