任天堂
Chinese edit
to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility |
heaven; paradise | ||
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trad. (任天堂) | 任 | 天堂 | |
simp. #(任天堂) | 任 | 天堂 |
Etymology edit
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 任天堂 (Nintendō).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
任天堂
See also edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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任 | 天 | 堂 |
にん Grade: 5 |
てん Grade: 1 |
どう Grade: 5 |
goon |
Alternative spelling |
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ニンテンドー |
Etymology edit
According to Hiroshi Yamauchi, the company name derived from the phrase 運を天に任せる (un o ten ni makaseru, literally “leave luck to heaven”).[1]
Other sources suggest the word 天 (ten, literally “heaven”) is the first character of 天狗 (tengu), a kind of monster in Japanese folklore which is sometimes connected to gambling and may therefore be a reference to the company’s initial product of hanafuda cards, thus yielding an interpretation of the company name as a “temple of trusted cards”.[2]
Proper noun edit
任天堂 • (Nintendō) ←にんてんだう (Nintendau)?
Descendants edit
See also edit
- ファミコン (Famikon)