天下筋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	下	筋
てん Grade: 1	か Grade: 1	すじ Grade: 6
kan’on		kun’yomi

Etymology

天下 (“country; world”) +‎ 筋 (“line”). Legend has it that Toyotomi Hideyoshi the "world conqueror" had this line.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てんかす​じ [tèńkásúꜜjì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) てんか​すじ [tèńkáꜜsùjì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋka̠sɨᵝʑi]

Noun

天(てん)下(か)筋(すじ) • (tenkasuji) 

1. (palmistry) a creased line that runs from the middle finger straight to the wrist