増長天

Japanese

Kanji in this term
増	長	天
ぞう Grade: 5	ちょう Grade: 2	てん Grade: 1
kan’yōon	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
增長天 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
増	長	天
ぞう Grade: 5	じょう Grade: 2	てん Grade: 1
kan’yōon	goon	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
增長天 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

増長 (“growth”) +‎ 天 (“deva”), Middle Chinese 增長天王 (MC tsong|tsongH drjang|trjangX|drjangH then hjwang|hjwangH, literally “Growth Heavenly King”), calque of Sanskrit विरूढक (virūḍhaka, literally “Growth”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zo̞ːʑo̞ːtẽ̞ɴ]
• IPA^(key): [d͡zo̞ːt͡ɕo̞ːtẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

増(ぞう)長(じょう)天(てん) • (Zōjōten) ^{←ぞうじゃうてん (zouzyauten)?}
増(ぞう)長(ちょう)天(てん) • (Zōchōten) ^{←ぞうちゃうてん (zoutyauten)?}

1. (Buddhism) Virūḍhaka

   Hypernym: 四天王