天河
Chinese edit
day; sky; heaven | river | ||
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simp. and trad. (天河) |
天 | 河 |
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
天河
Synonyms edit
- (Milky Way):
Descendants edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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天 | 河 |
てん Grade: 1 |
が Grade: 5 |
goon |
Etymology edit
From Middle Chinese 天河 (*ten *ha, literally “heavenly river”). Compare Mandarin 天河 (Tiānhé, “Milky Way”), Vietnamese thiên hà (“galaxy”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
- (astronomy) Synonym of 銀河系 (Gingakei, “Milky Way”)
- Tianhe (a district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
See also edit
References edit
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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天 | 河 |
Proper noun edit
Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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天 | 河 |
Noun edit
天河