天神

Chinese
day; sky; heaven
 
God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
simp. and trad.
(天神)		 天 神

Pronunciation

Noun

天神

  1. god; godhead; divinity

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
天 神
てん
Grade: 1		 じん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese [Term?] 天神 (MC tʰen ʑiɪn). Compare modern Mandarin 天神 (tiānshén, “god, godhead, divinity”).

Pronunciation
Usage notes

Less commonly read using the kan'on reading tenshin.[2][3]

Noun
天神: an umeboshi
天神: the hairstyle

天神 (hiragana てんじん, rōmaji tenjin)

  1. (mythology, Shinto): the Japanese gods of the heavens
  2. a noble wearing ordinary robes (robes not dyed to match the wearer's rank)
  3. an umeboshi (from the way that Sugawara no Michizane (see Proper noun below) was very fond of ume)
  4. an umeboshi pit
  5. short for 天神髷 (tenjin mage) or 天神結び (tenjin musubi), a certain kind of bow-shaped topknot or bun hairstyle worn by women, popular in the late 1800s
Synonyms
  • (gods): 天つ神 (あまつかみ, ​ama tsu kami)
  • (umeboshi): 梅干し (うめぼし, ​umeboshi)
  • (hairstyle): 天神髷 (てんじんまげ, ​tenjin mage)
  • (hairstyle): 天神結び (てんじんむすび, ​tenjin musubi)
Derived terms
Derived terms
Further reading

Proper noun
天神: Sugawara no Michizane
天神: Tenjin-san, the Tenman-gū shrine to Sugawara no Michizane in Kitano
天神: Tenjin Station in downtown Fukuoka

天神 (hiragana てんじん, rōmaji Tenjin)

  1. the Shinto kami of scholarship, the deification of Sugawara no Michizane (845-903 CE), a scholar, poet, and politician
  2. a shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane
  3. one of the traditional Noh masks, depicting one of the 鬼神 (onigami; kijin, “fierce gods”) as the vengeful spirit of Sugawara no Michizane, the lead role in the 雷電 (Raiden) piece
  4. an area in downtown Fukuoka
Synonyms
  • (shrine): 天満宮 (てんまんぐう, ​Tenman-gū)
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 天神ぞ (てんじんぞ, ​Tenjin zo): (archaic) for sure, for certain, absolutely, definitely
  • 天神講 (てんじんこう, ​Tenjin Kō): a matsuri celebrating Sugawara no Michizane, held on the date of his death, 25 February (or on the 25th of every month)
  • 天神祭 (てんじんまつり, ​Tenjin Matsuri): a matsuri celebrating Sugawara no Michizane, held on the date of his death, 25 February (or on the 25th of every month)
  • 天神橋 (てんじんばし, ​Tenjin-bashi): a bridge over the Yodo River in Ōsaka
  • 天神髭 (てんじんひげ, ​Tenjin hige): a beard of the style shown in depictions of Sugawara no Michizane
  • 天神山 (てんじんやま, ​Tenjin Yama): the name of various mountains and other places around Japan
  • 天神山古墳 (てんじんやまこふん, ​Tenjin Yama Kofun): a late-fourth-century kofun tomb in Gunma prefecture
Further reading

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
天 神
あま(つ)
Grade: 1		 かみ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Phrase consisting of 天 (ama, “the heavens”) +‎ つ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) +‎ 神 (kami, “god, gods”).[2][3]

More commonly written with the tsu explicitly spelled out in hiragana, as 天つ神.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms
  • 天つ神, 天津神

Noun

天神 (hiragana あまつかみ, rōmaji ama tsu kami)

  1. (mythology, Shinto): the Japanese gods of the heavens
Coordinate terms
Coordinate terms
  • 国つ神 (くにつかみ, ​kuni tsu kami): the Japanese gods of the earth
  • 天神地祇 (てんじんちぎ, ​tenjin chigi): all the gods of heaven and earth
Further reading

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
天神

Noun

天神 • (cheonsin) (hangeul 천신)

  1. Hanja form? of 천신.

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
天神

Noun

天神

  1. Hán tự form of thiên thần (“angel”).
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