四天

Japanese
Kanji in this term
四 天
し
Grade: 1		 てん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

四 (“four”) +‎ 天 (“heaven”)

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

Noun

四(し)天(てん) • (shiten) 

  1. 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

四(し)天(てん) • (Shiten) 

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