天河
Chinese
day; sky; heaven | river | ||
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simp. and trad. (天河) |
天 | 河 |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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天 | 河 |
てん Grade: 1 |
が Grade: 5 |
goon |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 天河 (*ten *ha, literally “heavenly river”). Compare Mandarin 天河 (Tiānhé, “Milky Way”), Vietnamese thiên hà (“galaxy”).
Proper noun
See also
- 天の河 (Amanogawa)
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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