天冠

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	to head; hat; crown to head; hat; crown; crest; cap
simp. and trad. (天冠)		天	冠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianguan
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-kuan¹
    • Yale: tyān-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianguan
    • Palladius: тяньгуань (tjanʹguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/

Noun

天冠

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Derived terms

• 天冠地屨 / 天冠地屦
• 平天冠
• 通天冠

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天冠):

• → Japanese: 天冠(てんかん) (tenkan)
• → Korean: 천관(天冠) (cheon'gwan)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “天冠” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	冠
てん Grade: 1	かん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てんかん [tèńkáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋkã̠ɴ]

Noun

天(てん)冠(かん) • (tenkan) ^{←てんくわん (tenkwan)?}

1. an imperial coronation crown
2. (Buddhism) a kind of crown worn by Buddhas and Buddhist deities
3. a white triangular funerary cloth placed on the head of the deceased, similar in shape to the imperial or Buddhist crowns
4. (folklore, by extension) a white triangular cloth headdress worn by yūrei in traditional Japanese artwork and theatre