天神

Chinese

day; sky; heaven
God; unusual; mysterious
God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
 
simp. and trad.
(天神) 		天 神

Pronunciation

Noun

天神

  1. god; godhead; divinity
  2. the heavenly gods (opposed to ancestors and earth spirits)

Coordinate terms

Further reading

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
天 神
てん
Grade: 1 		じん
Grade: 3
on'yomi goon
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 天神 (MC then zyin). Compare modern Mandarin 天神 (tiānshén, “god, godhead, divinity”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) てんじん [tèńjíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]
Usage notes

Less commonly read using the kan'on reading tenshin.[2][3]

Noun

天(てん)神(じん) • (tenjin) 

  1. (Japanese mythology) all gods in the 高天原 (Takama ga Hara, “Plain of High Heaven”), the heavenly abode ruled by 天照 (Amaterasu)
  2. a noble wearing 直衣 (nōshi, “robes not dyed to match the wearer's rank”)
  3. an umeboshi (from the way that Sugawara no Michizane (see Proper noun below) was very fond of ume)
  4. an umeboshi pit
  5. short for 天神髷 (tenjin mage) or 天神結び (tenjin musubi), a style of bow-shaped topknot or bun worn by women, popular in the late 1800s
  6. (historical) the second highest ranked courtesan after the 太夫 (tayū), in Kamigata
    Synonyms: 転進 (“tenshin”), 天職 (“tenshoku”), 梅 (ume)
Synonyms
Derived terms

Proper noun

天(てん)神(じん) • (Tenjin) 

  1. the Shinto kami of scholarship, the deification of Sugawara no Michizane (845-903 CE), a scholar, poet, and politician
  2. a shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane
  3. one of the traditional Noh masks, depicting one of the 鬼神 (onigami; kijin, “fierce gods”) as the vengeful spirit of Sugawara no Michizane, the lead role in the 雷電 (Raiden) piece
  4. a neighbourhood of downtown Fukuoka
Synonyms
  • (shrine): 天満宮(てんまんぐう) (Tenman-gū)
Derived terms
  • 天神(てんじん)ぞ (tenjinzo): (archaic) for sure, for certain, absolutely, definitely
  • 天神講(てんじんこう) (Tenjin Kō): a matsuri celebrating Sugawara no Michizane, held on the date of his death, 25 February (or on the 25th of every month)
  • 天神祭(てんじんまつり) (Tenjin Matsuri): a matsuri celebrating Sugawara no Michizane, held on the date of his death, 25 February (or on the 25th of every month)
  • 天神橋(てんじんばし) (Tenjin-bashi): a bridge over the Yodo River in Ōsaka
  • 天神髭(てんじんひげ) (Tenjin-hige): a beard of the style shown in depictions of Sugawara no Michizane
  • 天神山(てんじんやま) (Tenjin-yama): the name of various mountains and other places around Japan
  • 天神山古墳(てんじんやまこふん) (Tenjin-yama Kofun): a late-fourth-century kofun tomb in Gunma prefecture

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
天 神
あま(つ)
Grade: 1 		かみ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 天神 – see the following entry.
【天津神あまつかみ】
[noun] (Shinto) the gods of the heavens
Alternative spelling
天つ神
(This term, 天神, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
天神

Noun

天神 • (cheonsin) (hangeul 천신)

  1. hanja form? of 천신

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天神

Noun

天神

  1. chữ Hán form of thiên thần (“angel”)
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