高天原

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Chinese

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Heaven; God; the sky above
former; original; primary
former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
 
simp. and trad.
(高天原)
高天
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Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 高天原 (literally Plain of High Heaven).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (6) (31)
Final () (89) (85) (66)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed
Division () I IV III
Fanqie
Baxter kaw then ngjwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑu/ /tʰen/ /ŋʉɐn/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑu/ /tʰen/ /ŋʷiɐn/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑu/ /tʰɛn/ /ŋiuɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaw/ /tʰɛn/ /ŋuan/
Li
Rong
/kɑu/ /tʰen/ /ŋiuɐn/
Wang
Li
/kɑu/ /tʰien/ /ŋĭwɐn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɑu/ /tʰien/ /ŋi̯wɐn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gāo tiān yuán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gou1 tin1 jyun4

Proper noun

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高天原

  1. (Japanese mythology, Shinto) Takamagahara

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
たか
Grade: 2
あま > ま
Grade: 1
はら
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology 1

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From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Compound of (taka, high) +‎ 天の原 (ama no hara, plains of heaven), with the final -a of taka dropped due to haplology.

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) かまのはら [tàkámá nóꜜ hàrà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠ka̠ma̠ no̞ ha̠ɾa̠]

Noun

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高天原(たかまのはら) (takama no hara

  1. the sky, heavens
  2. (Japanese mythology, Shinto) Takamagahara (the realm of the gods, as opposed to the realm of mortals and the realm of the dead)

Etymology 2

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From Old Japanese.

Compound of (taka, high) +‎ (ama, heaven) +‎ (ga, archaic attributive or possessive particle) +‎ (hara, plain), with the final -a of taka dropped due haplology.

Because there is no additional kanji (such as or ) attested in the compound to demonstrate a particle, both (ga) and (no) are interchangeable.

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) かまがはら [tàkámá gáꜜ hàrà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠ka̠ma̠ ɡa̠ ha̠ɾa̠]

Noun

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高天原(たかまがはら) (takama ga hara

  1. Same as たかまのはら (takama no hara) above

See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN