tengen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 天元 (tengen).

Noun

tengen (plural tengens)

  1. (go) The center point on a Go board.
    Opening at tengen is a sound strategy on a 9x9 board, but considered experimental in standard 19x19 Go.

See also

  • star point

Further reading

Anagrams

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese tĕṅĕn (right direction).

Adjective

tengen (Balinese script ᬢᭂᬗᭂᬦ᭄)

  1. right (direction)

Japanese

Romanization

tengen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of てんげん

Javanese

Romanization

tengen

  1. romanization of ꦠꦼꦔꦼꦤ꧀

Sundanese

Adjective

tengen (Sundanese script ᮒᮨᮍᮨᮔ᮪)

  1. right (of direction)