天道

		day; sky; heaven	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (天道)		天	道
simp. #(天道)		天	道

天道

1. (literary, philosophy) laws of nature; laws of heaven
2. (regional) weather

• (laws of nature): 大器 (dàqì)

Others:

• →? Proto-Ryukyuan: *teda
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 天道, 太陽 (θida, θïda)
    • Kunigami: 天道, 太陽 (thidā)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 天道, 太陽 (θeda)
    • Okinawan: 天道, 太陽 (tīda)
    • Okinoerabu: 天道, 太陽 (θida)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 天道, 太陽 (θïda)
    • Tokunoshima: 天道, 太陽 (θida)
    • Yoron: 天道, 太陽 (tida)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 天道, 太陽 (tida)
    • Yaeyama: 天道, 太陽 (tida)
    • Yonaguni: 天道, 太陽 (tidan)

Kanji in this term
天	道
てん Grade: 1	どう Grade: 2
goon

From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 天道 (MC then dawX). The 呉音 (goon), so the earlier borrowing.

First cited to a text from 751 CE.^[1]

• (Tokyo) てんどー [tèńdóó] (Heiban – [0])^[2][3]
• (Tokyo) てんどー [téꜜǹdòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ndo̞ː]

天(てん)道(どう) • (tendō) ^{←てんだう (tendau)?}

1. [from 751] laws of nature

   Synonym: 天理 (tenri)

2. [from circa 903] the god of heaven, the god of creation, the king or emperor of heaven

   Synonym: 天帝 (tentei)

3. [from 1603] the path taken through the sky by heavenly objects; (by extension) the (celestial, astronomical) heavens, the sky

   Synonyms: 天 (ten), 天空 (tenkū)

4. [from 1424] heaven, a land above the clouds

   Synonyms: 天上界 (tenjōkai), 天界 (tenkai)

5. [from 985] (Buddhism) the heavenly realm, the gods realm (see also Saṃsāra (Buddhism)#Realms of rebirth)

   Synonyms: 天上界 (tenjōkai), 天界 (tenkai)

6. [from 1500s] (astronomy) the sun (more often found with the reading tentō)

   Synonyms: 日 (hi), 太陽 (taiyō), 日輪 (nichirin)

Kanji in this term
天	道
てん Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2
kan'on

Shift from tendō. The 漢音 (kan'on), so likely a later borrowing from Middle Chinese.

• (Tokyo) てんとー [téꜜǹtòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2][4][3]
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞nto̞ː]

天(てん)道(とう) • (tentō) ^{←てんたう (tentau)?}

1. [from circa 903] the god of heaven, the god of creation the king or emperor of heaven

   Synonym: 天帝 (tentei)

2. [from 1424] heaven, a land above the clouds

   Synonyms: 天上界 (tenjōkai), 天界 (tenkai)

3. [from 1500s] (astronomy) the sun

   Synonyms: 日 (hi), 太陽 (taiyō), 日輪 (nichirin)

Kanji in this term
天	道
てん Grade: 1	どう > ど Grade: 2
goon

Shift from tendō.

• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ndo̞]

天(てん)道(ど) • (tendo) 

1. (Kagoshima) the sun

• 天道様(てんどさ) (tendo sa)

• “てんど【天道】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Kanji in this term
天	道
Grade: 1	Grade: 2

Alternative spelling
太陽

From Proto-Ryukyuan *teda. See there for more.

• IPA^(key): [tʰida]

天道(てぃだ) (tida) 

1. (astronomy) the sun

• “てぃだ【天道・太陽】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Hanja in this term
天	道

天道 • (cheondo) (hangeul 천도)

1. hanja form^? of 천도 (“laws of nature; laws of heaven”)

Kanji in this term
天	道
Grade: 1	Grade: 2

Alternative spelling
太陽

From Proto-Ryukyuan *teda. See there for more.

天道(てぃだ) (tida) 

1. (astronomy) the sun

Kanji in this term
天	道
Grade: 1	Grade: 2

Alternative spelling
太陽

From Proto-Ryukyuan *teda. See there for more.

天道(てぃだー) (tidā) 

1. (Nakijin) the sun

• “てぃだ【天道・太陽】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Kanji in this term
天	道
Grade: 1	Grade: 2

Alternative spelling
太陽

From Proto-Ryukyuan *teda. See there for more.

天道(てぃだ) (tida) 

1. (astronomy) the sun

• “てぃだ【天道・太陽】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Kanji in this term
天	道
てぃーだ
Grade: 1	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
太陽

From Proto-Ryukyuan *teda. See there for more.

• (Shuri-Naha) てぃいだ [tìídá] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [tiːda]

天道(てぃーだ) or 天道(てぃーら) (tīda or tīra) 

1. (astronomy) the sun

• 天道(てぃーだ)雨(あみ) (tīdāmi)
• 天道(てぃーだ)降(ぶ)い (tīdabui)
• 天道(てぃーだ)ぶうい (tīdabūi)

• “てぃーだ【天道・太陽】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “ティーラ（てぃーら）” in Okinawan Dialect Dictionary - Ajima.
• “てぃーら” in Okinawan Dialect - Japanese Dialects Dictionary - Goo Dictionary.
• “てぃーだ” in Okinawan Dictionary - KozaWeb.
• “ティーダ” in Weblio Dictionary.

Kanji in this term
天	道
Grade: 1	Grade: 2

Alternative spelling
太陽

From Proto-Ryukyuan *teda. See there for more.

天道(てぃだ) (tida) 

1. (astronomy) the sun

• “てぃだ【天道・太陽】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Kanji in this term
天	道
Grade: 1	Grade: 2

Alternative spelling
太陽

From Proto-Ryukyuan *teda. See there for more.

• IPA^(key): [tidaŋ̍]

天道(てぃだ) or 天道(てぃだん) (tida or tidan) 

1. (astronomy) the sun

• “てぃだ【天道・太陽】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “てぃだん【天道・太陽】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Kanji in this term
天	道
Grade: 1	Grade: 2

Alternative spelling
太陽

From Proto-Ryukyuan *teda. See there for more.

天道(てぃだ) (tida) 

1. (astronomy) the sun

• “てぃだ【天道・太陽】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.