天罰

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	to punish; to penalize
trad. (天罰)		天	罰
simp. (天罚)		天	罚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānfá

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānfá
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianfá
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-fa²
    • Yale: tyān-fá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianfar
    • Palladius: тяньфа (tjanʹfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fä³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: then bjot

Rime
Character	天	罰
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	他前切	房越切
Baxter	then	bjot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰen/	/bʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰen/	/bʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛn/	/biuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛn/	/buat̚/
Li Rong	/tʰen/	/biuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/tʰien/	/bĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰien/	/bʱi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiān	fá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tin1	faat6

Noun

天罰

1. (literary) punishment of heaven; divine punishment

   • 六師薄伐，三韓肅清，龔行天罰，赫赫明明。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     六师薄伐，三韩肃清，龚行天罚，赫赫明明。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Sui, 636 CE

     Liùshī bófá, Sānhán sùqīng, gōng xíng tiānfá, hèhè míngmíng. [Pinyin]

     The six armies [of the Son of Heaven] conquered, exterminating the Koreans; they respectfully carried out Heaven's punishment, majestic and evident.

2. (literary) death of a parent

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天罰):

• → Japanese: 天罰(てんばつ) (tenbatsu)
• → Korean: 천벌(天罰) (cheonbeol)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	罰
てん Grade: 1	ばつ Grade: S
on’yomi	kan’yōon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) て​んばつ [téꜜǹbàtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞mba̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

天(てん)罰(ばつ) • (tenbatsu) ^{←てんばつ (tenbatu)?}

1. divine punishment

   Synonym: 応報 (ōhō, “retribution”)

Derived terms

• 天(てん)罰(ばつ)起(き)請(しょう)文(もん) (tenbatsu kishōmon)
• 天(てん)罰(ばつ)覿(てき)面(めん) (tenbatsu tekimen)

See also

• 天罰 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Retribution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Korean

Hanja in this term
天	罰

Noun

天罰 • (cheonbeol) (hangeul 천벌)

1. Hanja form^? of 천벌 (“divine punishment”).