天眼通

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	眼	通
てん Grade: 1	がん Grade: 5	つう Grade: 2
kan'on		goon

Kanji in this term
天	眼	通
てん Grade: 1	げん Grade: 5	つう Grade: 2
goon

Etymology

From 天眼(てんげん) (tengen, “heavenly eye”) + 通(つう) (tsū, “power”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てんがんつう [tèńgáńtsúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋɡã̠nt͡sɨː]

(Tokyo) てんげんつう [tèńgéꜜǹtsùù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋɡẽ̞nt͡sɨː]

Noun

天(てん)眼(げん)通(つう) or 天(てん)眼(がん)通(つう) • (tengentsū or tengantsū)

(Buddhism) clairvoyance, one of the 六神通 (rokujinzū, “six abhijñā (“higher power”)”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN