天眼通

天眼通

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	眼	通
てん Grade: 1	がん Grade: 5	つう Grade: 2
kan’on		goon

Kanji in this term
天	眼	通
てん Grade: 1	げん Grade: 5	つう Grade: 2
goon

Etymology

From 天眼(てんげん) (tengen, “heavenly eye”) + 通(つう) (tsū, “power”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) てんがんつう [tèńgáńtsúú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋɡã̠nt͡sɨᵝː]

• On’yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) てんげ​んつう [tèńgéꜜǹtsùù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋɡẽ̞nt͡sɨᵝː]

Noun

天(てん)眼(げん)通(つう) or 天(てん)眼(がん)通(つう) • (tengentsū or tengantsū) 

1. (Buddhism) clairvoyance, one of the 六神通 (rokujinzū, “six abhijñā (“higher power”)”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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