天変

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	変
てん Grade: 1	へん > ぺん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
天變 (kyūjitai)

Noun

天(てん)変(ぺん) • (tenpen) 

1. a bad change or abnormality in the heavens

Derived terms

• 天変地異 (てんぺんちい, ​tenpen chii): an extraordinary natural occurrence: a catastrophe, a calamity