天常

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Chinese

day; sky; heaven
always; ever; often
always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
 
simp. and trad.
(天常)

Etymology

(天生 - natural) + (五常 - the five unchanging relationships)

According to traditional Confucianism, there were five kinds of human relationships (五常) which followed natural (天生) laws and were unchanging:
  1. ruler and subject (君臣)
  2. father and son (父子)
  3. husband and wife (夫婦)
  4. older brother and younger brother (兄弟)
  5. friends (朋友)

Pronunciation


Noun

天常

  1. (archaic) the natural order of things; the natural hierarchy of human relationships