大三元
Chinese edit
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
three | primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty) | ||
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simp. and trad. (大三元) |
大 | 三 | 元 | |
Literally: “big three fundamentals”. |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
大三元
Descendants edit
- → Japanese: 大三元 (daisangen)
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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大 | 三 | 元 |
だい Grade: 1 |
さん Grade: 1 |
げん Grade: 2 |
goon | on’yomi | kan’on |
Etymology edit
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 大三元 (dàsānyuán)
From 大 (dai-, “big, great”) + 三元 (sangen, clipping of 三元牌 (sangenpai), “dragon tiles”).