四天

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

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てん
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on'yomi
 四天 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

(four) +‎ (heaven)

Pronunciation

Noun

()(てん) (shiten

  1. the four different states of the sky corresponding to the four seasons
    Hyponyms: 昊天 (kanten, summer sky), 上天 (jōten, winter sky), 蒼天 (sōten, spring sky), 旻天 (binten, autumnal sky)

Proper noun

()(てん) (Shiten

  1. Clipping of 四天王 (Shitennō, Four Heavenly Kings).