多聞天
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 多 | 聞 | 天 |
| た Grade: 2 |
もん Grade: 2 |
てん Grade: 1 |
| goon | ||
Etymology
多聞 (“all hearing”) + 天 (“deva”), Middle Chinese 多聞天王 (MC ta mjun|mjunH then hjwang|hjwangH, literally “All-Hearing Heavenly King”), calque of Sanskrit वैश्रवण (vaiśravaṇa, literally “All Hearer”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ta̠mõ̞ntẽ̞ɴ]
Proper noun
多聞天 • (Tamonten)
- (Buddhism) synonym of 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten, “Vaiśravaṇa”)
References
- “多聞天”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025