四天

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
てん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

(four) + (heaven)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [shìtéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • (Tokyo) てん [shìtéń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɕi̥tẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

()(てん) (shiten) 

  1. (collective) the four different states of the sky corresponding to the four seasons
    Hyponyms: 昊天 (kanten, summer sky), 上天 (jōten, winter sky), 蒼天 (sōten, spring sky), 旻天 (binten, autumnal sky)

Proper noun

()(てん) (Shiten) 

  1. (collective) Clipping of 四天王 (Shitennō, Four Heavenly Kings).
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