太陰

太陰

1. lunar

太陰

1. the moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)

• 月亮 (yuèliang)

• 太陽／太阳 (tàiyáng)

太陰 (taiin): the moon.

From Middle Chinese 太陰 (tʰɑiᴴ ʔˠiɪm, “the moon”, literally “great dark, great yin”). Compare 太陽 (taiyō, “the sun”, literally “great light, great yang”). The kan'on reading, so either a later borrowing or a later development within Japan.

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) たいいん [tàííń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠iĩɴ]

太陰 (hiragana たいいん, rōmaji taiin)

1. great yin, ⚏
2. the moon

• 月 (つき) (tsuki)
• ムーン (mūn)

• 太陽 (たいよう) (taiyō): great yang, ⚌

From Middle Chinese 太陰. The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

• On’yomi: Goon
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠iõ̞ɴ]

太陰 (hiragana たいおん, rōmaji Taion)

1. short for 太陰神 (たいおんじん) (Taionjin), goddess of the moon and one of the eight central gods in the Onmyōdō religion

This reading appears to be less common than Daion below.[1][2][3]

太陰 (Daion): the Onmyōdō moon goddess.

Sound shift from Taion above, replacing the standard goon and kan'on reading of tai for 太 with the kan'yōon of dai.[2] Probably influenced by the dai reading of the character 大, which is also sometimes used to spell this name, as seen in the illustration at right.

• Kan’yōyomi
  • (Tokyo) だいおん [dàíóń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [da̠iõ̞ɴ]

太陰 (hiragana だいおん, rōmaji Daion)

1. short for 太陰神 (だいおんじん) (Daionjin), goddess of the moon and one of the eight central gods in the Onmyōdō religion

太陰 • (taeeum) (hangeul 태음)

1. Hanja form^? of 태음 (“the moon”).

太陰

1. Hán tự form of thái âm (“the moon”).