天常

天常

Chinese

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

Etymology

天 (天生 - natural) + 常 (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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiāncháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiāncháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiancharng
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

Noun

天常

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