天元

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)
simp. and trad. (天元)		天	元

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ jyun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianyuán
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-yüan²
  - Yale: tyān-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianyuan
  - Palladius: тяньюань (tjanʹjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ jyun⁴
  - Yale: tīn yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/

Noun

天元

(go) The point at the center of the board.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天元):

→ Japanese: 天元(てんげん) (tengen)

Proper noun

天元

(～區) Tianyuan (a district of Zhuzhou, Hunan, China)
(～鎮) Tianyuan Town (name of several towns and townships in China)
(～鄉) Tianyuan (a township in Wuxi, Chongqing, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	元
てん Grade: 1	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

天(てん)元(げん) • (tengen)

(go) The point at the center of the board.

Proper noun

天(てん)元(げん) • (Tengen)

A Japanese go tournament, and the title conferred to its winner.
the Tengen era, 978-983

See also

天王山(てんのうざん) (tennōzan, the center square in shogi)
貞元(じょうげん) (Jōgen) (era preceding Tengen)
永観(えいかん) (Eikan) (era following Tengen

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