Son of Heaven

English

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 天子 (tiānzǐ), from the Emperor having the Mandate of Heaven.

Proper noun

the Son of Heaven

1. (historical) Emperor of China

Related terms

• Mandate of Heaven

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天子 (zh) (tiānzǐ)

• Finnish: Taivaan poika
• French: Fils du Ciel (fr) m
• Japanese: 天子 (ja) (tenshi)
• Korean: 천자 (ko) (cheonja)
• Manchu: ᠠᠪᡴᠠᡳ
  ᠵᡠᡳ (abkai jui)
• Polish: bogdychan m
• Russian: Сын Не́ба m (Syn Néba)
• Spanish: Hijo del Cielo m
• Vietnamese: thiên tử (vi)

See also

• Celestial Empire
• God Emperor (Japanese equivalent)

Further reading

• Son of Heaven on Wikipedia.Wikipedia