天啓

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	啓
てん Grade: 1	けい Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てんけー [tèńkéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋke̞ː]

Noun

天(てん)啓(けい) • (tenkei) ^{←てんけい (tenkei)?}

1. divine revelation
2. (by extension, informal) unexpected genius thought

   天啓(てんけい)が降(お)りる

   tenkei ga oriru

   to have a flash of brilliance

   (literally, “a revelation comes down”)