See also: 太阳

Chinese Edit

 
too (much); very; extremely
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (太陽)
simp. (太阳)
 
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太陽

Etymology Edit

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Maybe named because the sun was considered as the greatest extreme of yang (陽), one of the two primary forces in Chinese belief.

Pronunciation Edit


Note: the sense "greater yang" has pronunciation tàiyáng only.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (6) (36)
Final () (25) (105)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter thajH yang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰɑiH/ /jɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰɑiH/ /jiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɑiH/ /iɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰajH/ /jɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/tʰɑiH/ /iaŋ/
Wang
Li
/tʰɑiH/ /jĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰɑiH/ /i̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tài yáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
taai3 joeng4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tài yáng
Middle
Chinese
‹ thajH › ‹ yang ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ˁa[t]-s/ /*laŋ/
English great bright

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 1937 14590
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰaːds/ /*laŋ/

Noun Edit

太陽

  1. sun; the Sun
    太陽落山太阳落山  ―  Tàiyáng luòshān le.  ―  The sun (∅/has/is) set.
    地球太陽公轉地球太阳公转  ―  Dìqiú rào tàiyáng gōngzhuàn.  ―  The earth revolves around the sun.
  2. sunshine; sunlight
  3. (Southwestern Mandarin, Guangxi Cantonese, Gan, Min Bei, Leizhou Min) temple (on the head)
  4. (tarot) the Sun
  5. (I Ching) greater yang ()

Synonyms Edit

  • (temple):

Derived terms Edit

Descendants Edit

Sino-Xenic (太陽):

Japanese Edit

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 2
よう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology Edit

From Middle Chinese 太陽 (MC thajH yang, “sun”).

Pronunciation Edit

  • (file)

Noun Edit

(たい)(よう) (taiyōたいやう (tayau)?

  1. the sun
    太陽(たいよう)(かお)()した。
    Taiyō ga kao o dashita.
    The sun was beginning to shine.
    太陽(たいよう)よりも()える!
    Taiyō yorimo moeru!
    Burning hotter than the sun!
    (たい)(よう)(かみ)、ヘリオッド
    Taiyō no Kami, Herioddo
    Heliod, God of the Sun
  2. (I Ching) greater yang ()
  3. (tarot) the Sun

Synonyms Edit

Antonyms Edit

Derived terms Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean Edit

Hanja in this term

Noun Edit

太陽 (taeyang) (hangeul 태양)

  1. Hanja form? of 태양 (the sun).

Okinawan Edit

Etymology Edit

Kanji in this term
てぃー
Grade: 2

Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun Edit

太陽(てぃーだ) (tīda

  1. the sun

Vietnamese Edit

chữ Hán in this term

Noun Edit

太陽

  1. chữ Hán form of thái dương (temple).
  2. chữ Hán form of Thái Dương (The Sun).