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天下

天下

Chinese

day; sky; heaven
 
under; second; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to decline; to go down; latter
simp. and trad.
(天下)

Noun

天下

  1. the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven
  2. (lofty) China

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
on'yomi
Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

天下 (hiragana てんか, romaji tenka) (commonly read)
天下 (hiragana てんげ, romaji tenge) (rarely read)

  1. world, earth

Related terms

See also

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

天下 (cheonha) (hangeul 천하)

  1. Hanja form? of 천하, “world, earth”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Noun

天下

  1. Hán tự form of thiên hạ, “world”