天元

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)
simp. and trad. (天元)		天	元

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ jyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianyuán
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-yüan²
    • Yale: tyān-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianyuan
    • Palladius: тяньюань (tjanʹjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ jyun⁴
    • Yale: tīn yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/

Noun

天元

1. (go) The point at the center of the board.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天元):

• → Japanese: 天元(てんげん) (tengen)

Proper noun

天元

1. (～區) Tianyuan (a district of Zhuzhou, Hunan, China)
2. (～鎮) Tianyuan Town (name of several towns and townships in China)
3. (～鄉) Tianyuan (a township in Wuxi, Chongqing, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	元
てん Grade: 1	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

天(てん)元(げん) • (tengen) 

1. (go) The point at the center of the board.

Proper noun

天(てん)元(げん) • (Tengen) 

1. A Japanese go tournament, and the title conferred to its winner.
2. the Tengen era, 978-983

See also

• 天王山(てんのうざん) (tennōzan, the center square in shogi)
• 貞元(じょうげん) (Jōgen) (era preceding Tengen)
• 永観(えいかん) (Eikan) (era following Tengen