| Change log entry 2332 | |
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- 夏朝 夏朝 [Xia4 Chao2] /Xia Dynasty/ + 夏朝 夏朝 [Xia4 chao2] /Xia dynasty, c. 2070-c. 1600 BC, the first dynasty reported by Chinese historiography, probably centred around west Henan and south Shanxi/ - 啟 启 [qi3] /to open/to start/ + 啟 启 [qi3] /to open/to start/Qi son of Yu the Great 禹, reported founder of the Xia dynasty 夏朝 (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)/ + 十干 十干 [shi2 gan1] /same as 天干/the 10 heavenly trunks 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)/also translated as heavenly stems/ - 甲 甲 [jia3] /"A" (in a sequence of examples involving "A", "B", "C" etc)/1st heavenly stem/1st in order/armor/ - 乙 乙 [yi3] /"B" (in a sequence of examples involving "A", "B", "C" etc)/2nd heavenly stem/2nd in order/ - 丙 丙 [bing3] /the third of the ten heavenly stems/the third position/third/number three/ - 丁 丁 [ding1] /4th heavenly stem/cubes (of food)/surname Ding/ - 戊 戊 [wu4] /5th heavenly stem/ - 己 己 [ji3] /6th heavenly stem/self/ - 庚 庚 [geng1] /7th heavenly stem/age/ - 辛 辛 [xin1] /8th heavenly stem/tired/ - 壬 壬 [ren2] /9th heavenly stem/ - 癸 癸 [gui3] /10th heavenly stem/ + 甲 甲 [jia3] /armor/first of 10 heavenly trunks 十天干/first in order/letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/methyl/ + 乙 乙 [yi3] /second of 10 heavenly trunks 十天干/second in order/letter "B" or roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/ethyl/ + 丙 丙 [bing3] /third of 10 heavenly trunks 十天干/third in order/letter "C" or roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/propyl/ + 丁 丁 [ding1] /surname Ding/cubes (of food)/fourth of 10 heavenly trunks 十天干/fourth in order/letter "D" or roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/butyl/ + 戊 戊 [wu4] /fifth of 10 heavenly trunks 十天干/fifth in order/letter "E" or roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/penta/ + 己 己 [ji3] /self/sixth of 10 heavenly trunks 十天干/sixth in order/letter "F" or roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/hexa/ + 庚 庚 [geng1] /age/seventh of 10 heavenly trunks 十天干/seventh in order/letter "G" or roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/hepta/ + 辛 辛 [xin1] /tired/eighth of 10 heavenly trunks 十天干/eighth in order/letter "H" or roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/octa/ + 壬 壬 [ren2] /ninth of 10 heavenly trunks 十天干/ninth in order/letter "I" or roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/nona/ + 癸 癸 [gui3] /tenth of 10 heavenly trunks 十天干/tenth in order/letter "J" or roman "X" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/deca/ |