Chinese

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day; sky; heaven female; woman; daughter
trad. (天女)
simp. #(天女)

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Noun

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天女

  1. heavenly maid; celestial maiden

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (天女):
  • Japanese: 天女(てんにょ) (tennyo)
  • Korean: 천녀(天女) (cheonnyeo)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 1
にょ
Grade: 1
goon
 
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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 天女 (MC then nrjoX|nrjoH, literally “heavenly female; deva female”).

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Noun

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(てん)(にょ) (tennyo

  1. (Chinese god, Japanese mythology) a female inhabitant of heaven; a heavenly female
    Hypernym: 天人 (tennin, inhabitant of heaven; heavenly person)
  2. (Buddhism) a devi (female deva)
    Hypernym: (ten, deva)