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天才

天才

Chinese

day; sky; heaven
 
ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
simp. and trad.
(天才)

Noun

天才

  1. talent; gift; genius
  2. talented or gifted person; genius

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天才):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 1
さい
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

天才 (hiragana てんさい, romaji tensai)

  1. genius

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • 凡才 (ぼんさい) (bonsai): mediocrity, (person of) ordinary ability
  • 馬鹿 (ばか) (baka): idiot

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
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

天才 (cheonjae) (hangeul 천재)

  1. Hanja form? of 천재, “genius”.