太陰
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Chinese[edit]
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest |
(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady | ||
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trad. (太陰) | 太 | 陰 | |
simp. (太阴) | 太 | 阴 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
太陰
Noun[edit]
太陰
- the moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
Synonyms[edit]
- 月亮 (yuèliang)
See also[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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太 | 陰 |
たい Grade: 2 |
いん Grade: S |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 太陰 (tʰɑiᴴ ʔˠiɪm, “the moon”, literally “great dark, great yin”). Compare 太陽 (taiyō, “the sun”, literally “great light, great yang”). The kan'on reading, so either a later borrowing or a later development within Japan.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
太陰 (hiragana たいいん, rōmaji taiin)
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- 太陰暦 (taiinreki): lunar calendar
- 太陽太陰暦 (taiyō-taiinreki): lunisolar calendar
Etymology 2[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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太 | 陰 |
たい Grade: 2 |
おん Grade: S |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 太陰. The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
太陰 (hiragana たいおん, rōmaji Taion)
- short for 太陰神 (Taionjin), goddess of the moon and one of the eight central gods in the Onmyōdō religion
Usage notes[edit]
This reading appears to be less common than Daion below.[1][2][3]
Etymology 3[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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太 | 陰 |
だい Grade: 2 |
おん Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Sound shift from Taion above, replacing the standard goon and kan'on reading of tai for 太 with the kan'yōon of dai.[2] Probably influenced by the dai reading of the character 大, which is also sometimes used to spell this name, as seen in the illustration at right.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
太陰 (hiragana だいおん, rōmaji Daion)
- short for 太陰神 (Daionjin), goddess of the moon and one of the eight central gods in the Onmyōdō religion
References[edit]
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- Cantonese lemmas
- Min Nan lemmas
- Chinese adjectives
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- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- zh:Astronomy
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- Japanese terms spelled with 太 read as たい
- Japanese terms spelled with 陰 read as いん
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- Japanese terms spelled with 陰 read as おん
- Japanese proper nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with 太 read as だい