天神

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
simp. and trad. (天神)		天	神

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānshén

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ san⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-sîn

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānshén
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianshén
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-shên²
    • Yale: tyān-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshern
    • Palladius: тяньшэнь (tjanʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ san⁴
    • Yale: tīn sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: thian-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiensiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² sin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 天神

1. god; godhead; divinity

(deprecated template usage)

---

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
天	神
てん Grade: 1	じん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
天神 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese [Term?] 天神 (MC then zyin). Compare modern Mandarin 天神 (tiānshén, “god, godhead, divinity”).

Pronunciation

Usage notes

Less commonly read using the kan'on reading tenshin.

Noun

天神: an umeboshi

天神: the hairstyle

天(てん)神(じん) • (tenjin) 

1. (mythology, Shinto): the Japanese gods of the heavens
2. a noble wearing ordinary robes (robes not dyed to match the wearer's rank)
3. an umeboshi (from the way that Sugawara no Michizane (see Proper noun below) was very fond of ume)
4. an umeboshi pit
5. short for 天神髷 (tenjin mage) or 天神結び (tenjin musubi), a certain kind of bow-shaped topknot or bun hairstyle worn by women, popular in the late 1800s

Synonyms

• (gods): 天つ神 (あまつかみ, ​ama tsu kami)
• (umeboshi): 梅干し (うめぼし, ​umeboshi)
• (hairstyle): 天神髷 (てんじんまげ, ​tenjin mage)
• (hairstyle): 天神結び (てんじんむすび, ​tenjin musubi)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 天神地祇 (てんじんちぎ, ​tenjin chigi): all the gods of heaven and earth
• 天神七代 (てんじんしちだい, ​Tenjin Shichidai): the seven generations of gods in Shintō mythology

Further reading

• 天神 (Tenjin; disambig page) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Tenjin (disambig page) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 梅干し (Umeboshi) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Umeboshi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Proper noun

天神: Sugawara no Michizane

天神: Tenjin-san, the Tenman-gū shrine to Sugawara no Michizane in Kitano

天神: Tenjin Station in downtown Fukuoka

天(てん)神(じん) • (Tenjin) 

1. the Shinto kami of scholarship, the deification of Sugawara no Michizane (845-903 CE), a scholar, poet, and politician
2. a shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane
3. one of the traditional Noh masks, depicting one of the 鬼神 (onigami; kijin, “fierce gods”) as the vengeful spirit of Sugawara no Michizane, the lead role in the 雷電 (Raiden) piece
4. an area in downtown Fukuoka

Synonyms

• (shrine): 天満宮 (てんまんぐう, ​Tenman-gū)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 天神ぞ (てんじんぞ, ​Tenjin zo): (archaic) for sure, for certain, absolutely, definitely
• 天神講 (てんじんこう, ​Tenjin Kō): a matsuri celebrating Sugawara no Michizane, held on the date of his death, 25 February (or on the 25th of every month)
• 天神祭 (てんじんまつり, ​Tenjin Matsuri): a matsuri celebrating Sugawara no Michizane, held on the date of his death, 25 February (or on the 25th of every month)
• 天神橋 (てんじんばし, ​Tenjin-bashi): a bridge over the Yodo River in Ōsaka
• 天神髭 (てんじんひげ, ​Tenjin hige): a beard of the style shown in depictions of Sugawara no Michizane
• 天神山 (てんじんやま, ​Tenjin Yama): the name of various mountains and other places around Japan
• 天神山古墳 (てんじんやまこふん, ​Tenjin Yama Kofun): a late-fourth-century kofun tomb in Gunma prefecture

Further reading

• 菅原道真 (Sugawara no Michizane) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Sugawara no Michizane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 天神 (福岡市) (Tenjin, Fukuoka) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Tenjin, Fukuoka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 福岡市 (Fukuoka City) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Fukuoka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
天	神
あま(つ) Grade: 1	かみ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
天神 (kyūjitai)

Phrase consisting of 天 (ama, “the heavens”) +‎ つ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) +‎ 神 (kami, “god, gods”).

More commonly written with the tsu explicitly spelled out in hiragana, as 天つ神.

Alternative forms

• 天つ神, 天津神

Noun

天(あまつ)神(かみ) • (ama tsu kami) 

1. (mythology, Shinto): the Japanese gods of the heavens

Coordinate terms

Coordinate terms

• 国つ神 (くにつかみ, ​kuni tsu kami): the Japanese gods of the earth
• 天神地祇 (てんじんちぎ, ​tenjin chigi): all the gods of heaven and earth

Further reading

• 天津神・国津神 (Ama tsu kami, kuni tsu kami) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja Gives an overview of both groups.
• List_of_divinities_in_Japanese_mythology#Shinto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Does not distinguish between ama tsu kami and kuni tsu kami.

---

Korean

Hanja in this term
天	神

Noun

天神 • (cheonsin) (hangeul 천신)

1. hanja form^? of 천신

---

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天	神

Noun

天神

1. chữ Hán form of thiên thần (“angel”).