増長天

Japanese

Kanji in this term
増	長	天
ぞう Grade: 5	ちょう Grade: 2	てん Grade: 1
kan'yōon	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
增長天 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
増	長	天
ぞう Grade: 5	じょう Grade: 2	てん Grade: 1
kan'yōon	goon	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
增長天 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

増長(ぞうちょう) (zōchō, “growth”) + 天(てん) (-ten, “deva”), Middle Chinese 增長天王 (MC tsong|tsongH drjang|trjangX|drjangH then hjwang|hjwangH, literally “Growth Heavenly King”), calque of Sanskrit विरूढक (virūḍhaka, literally “Growth”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zo̞ːʑo̞ːtẽ̞ɴ]
• IPA^(key): [d͡zo̞ːt͡ɕo̞ːtẽ̞ɴ]
• (Tokyo) ぞーじょーてん [zòójóꜜòtèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) ぞーちょーてん [zòóchóꜜòtèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])

Proper noun

増(ぞう)長(じょう)天(てん) • (Zōjōten) ^{←ぞうじゃうてん (Zouzyauten)?}
増(ぞう)長(ちょう)天(てん) • (Zōchōten) ^{←ぞうちゃうてん (Zoutyauten)?}

1. (Buddhism) Virūḍhaka

   Hypernym: 四天王

   Coordinate terms: 持国天, 増長天, 広目天, 多聞天

References

• “増^△長天”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026