Chinese

Noun

天狗

1. (Chinese mythology) tiangou
2. (Japanese mythology, Shintō, foklore) tengu

Descendants

Japanese

Etymology

From Chinese 天狗

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) てんぐ [tèńgú] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋɡ̃ɯᵝ]

Noun

天狗 ‎(hiragana てんぐ, romaji tengu)

1. (Japanese mythology, Shintō, folklore) a tengu, a mythical Japanese creature, typically birdlike and having a long nose

Descendants

• English: tengu
• French: tengu
• Chinese: 天狗
• Korean: 텐구 (ten-gu)
• Russian: тэнгу ‎(tɛngu)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 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
3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0