天涯

Chinese

day; sky; heaven border; horizon; shore
simp. and trad.
(天涯)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (6) (31) (31)
Final () (85) (13) (31)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () IV III II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰen/ /ŋˠiᴇ/ /ŋˠɛ/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰen/ /ŋᵚiɛ/ /ŋᵚæ/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɛn/ /ŋiɛ/ /ŋæi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰɛn/ /ŋjiə̆/ /ŋaɨj/
Li
Rong
/tʰen/ /ŋje/ /ŋɛ/
Wang
Li
/tʰien/ /ŋǐe/ /ŋai/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰien/ /ŋie̯/ /ŋai/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tin1 ji4 ngaai4

Noun

天涯

  1. (literary) far corners of the world; distant lands

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天涯):
  • Japanese: 天涯(てんがい) (tengai)
  • Korean: 천애(天涯) (cheonae)

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 1
がい
Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

(てん)(がい) (tengai) 

  1. horizon
  2. a distant land
  3. heavenly shores
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