天文
Chinese
day; sky; heaven | language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle | ||
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simp. and trad. (天文) |
天 | 文 |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tin1 man4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-vùn
- Eastern Min (BUC): tiĕng-ùng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1thi-ven
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tianwún
- Wade–Giles: tʻien1-wên2
- Yale: tyān-wén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianwen
- Palladius: тяньвэнь (tjanʹvɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tin1 man4
- Yale: tīn màhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tin1 man4
- Guangdong Romanization: tin1 men4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-vùn
- Hakka Romanization System: tienˊ vunˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: tian1 vun2
- Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ vun¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: tiĕng-ùng
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰieŋ⁵⁵ (Ø-)ŋuŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
Noun
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Derived terms
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Descendants
Sino-Xenic (天文):
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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天 | 文 |
てん Grade: 1 |
もん Grade: 1 |
on'yomi | goon |
From Old Japanese,[1] in turn from Middle Chinese 天文 (MC then mjun, literally “heavens + patterns”). Compare modern Cantonese reading tin1 man4.
Pronunciation
Noun
- (colloquial) astronomy
- Synonym: (more formal) 天文学 (tenmongaku)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 天文学 (tenmongaku): astronomy
- 天文方 (tenmonkata): (historical) an official government position during the Edo period, responsible for astronomy, calendars, and measurements, among other matters
- 天文航法 (tenmon kōhō): astronomical navigation, navigating by the stars
- 天文時 (tenmonji): astronomical time
- 天文台 (tenmondai): astronomical observatory
- 天文単位 (tenmon tan'i): astronomical unit, AU
- 天文潮 (tenmonchō): astronomical tide
- 天文道 (tenmondō): (historical) an ancient area of study of the movements of heavenly bodies and their influence on events, similar to astrology
- 天文時計 (tenmon-dokei): astronomical clock
- 天文博士 (tenmon hakase): (historical) an official government position in the Ritsuryō system, responsible for astronomy, calendars, and the training of astronomers
- 天文薄明 (tenmon hakumei): astronomical twilight
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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天 | 文 |
てん Grade: 1 |
ぶん Grade: 1 |
on'yomi | kan'on |
From Middle Chinese 天文 (MC then mjun, literally “heavens + patterns”). Likely a later borrowing. Compare modern Min Nan reading thian-bûn.
Pronunciation
Noun
Proper noun
- the Tenbun era in Japanese history, July 1532 through October 1555
See also
- 年号 (nengō, “era name”)
- Japanese era name on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Korean
Hanja in this term | |
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天 | 文 |
Noun
Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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天 | 文 |
Noun
天文
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