Chinese

Noun

天皇

1. king of heaven
2. the Emperor of Japan, mikado

Japanese

Etymology 1

The ō reading for 皇 changes to nō as an instance of renjō (連声).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) てんの​う [tèńnóꜜò] (Nakadaka - [3])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞nno̞ː]
• Homophone: 天王

Noun

天皇 ‎(hiragana てんのう, romaji tennō, historical hiragana てんわう)

1. the Emperor of Japan, mikado, Tennou, Tenno

Synonyms

• 帝 (みかど) ‎(mikado)

Related terms

• 皇帝 (こうてい) ‎(kōtei)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) てんこ​う [tèńkóꜜò] (Nakadaka - [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋko̞ː]

Proper noun

天皇 ‎(hiragana てんこう, romaji Tenkō, historical hiragana てんくわう)

1. the first of the Three Sovereigns; Fu Xi

See also

Readings

References

1. 1 2 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

Korean

Noun

天皇 • ‎(cheonhwang) ‎(hangeul 천황)

1. Hanja form^? of 천황, “the Emperor of Japan, mikado”.