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

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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/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 天元

1. (～鄉) Tianyuan (a township in Wuxi, Chongqing, China)

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Japanese

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

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.

See also

• 天王山(てんのうざん) (tennōzan): the center square in shogi