天照大神

Chinese

			deity; guru; expert deity; guru; expert; whiz
simp. and trad. (天照大神)		天照	大神

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 天(あま)照(てらす)大(おお)神(かみ) (Amaterasu Ōkami).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tiānzhào Dàshén

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tiānzhào Dàshén
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tianjhào Dàshén
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-chao⁴ Ta⁴-shên²
    • Yale: Tyān-jàu Dà-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tianjaw Dahshern
    • Palladius: Тяньчжао Дашэнь (Tjanʹčžao Dašɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ ʂən³⁵/

Proper noun

天照大神

1. (Japanese mythology, Shinto) Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	照	大	神
あま Grade: 1	て(らす) Grade: 4	おおみ Grade: 1	かみ Grade: 3
kun'yomi		irregular	kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
天照大神 (kyūjitai) 天照大御神

Kanji in this term
天	照	大	神
てん Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 4	だい Grade: 1	じん Grade: 3
goon

Alternative spellings
天照大神 (kyūjitai) 天照太神

Etymology

Amaterasu Ōmikami: Old Japanese, 天照らす (amaterasu, “to shine in heaven”) +‎ 大御神 (ōmikami, literally “great august god”)

Tenshō Daijin: 音読み (on’yomi) of the spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠ma̠te̞ɾa̠sɨ o̞ːmʲika̠mʲi]

• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞ː da̠iʑĩɴ]

Proper noun

天(あま)照(てらす)大(おおみ)神(かみ) or 天(てん)照(しょう)大(だい)神(じん) • (Amaterasu Ōmikami or Tenshō Daijin) ^{←あまてらすおほみかみ (Amaterasu Ofomikami) or てんせうだいじん (Tenseu Daizin)?}

1. (Japanese mythology) Synonym of 天照