天河
Chinese
day; sky; heaven | river | ||
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simp. and trad. (天河) |
天 | 河 |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
- (Milky Way):
Dialectal synonyms of 銀河 (“Milky Way”) [map]
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tẽ̞ŋɡa̠]
Proper noun
天河 • (Tenga)
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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