転生

転生

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
転	生
てん Grade: 3	しょう Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 轉生. Compare modern Mandarin 轉生／转生 (zhuǎnshēng).

Go'on, so likely the original reading borrowed into Japanese. Now the less common reading of this term.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋɕʲo̞ː]

Noun

転生 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 轉生, hiragana てんしょう, rōmaji tenshō)

1. transmigration of a soul into a new body: reincarnation, metempsychosis, rebirth

Further reading

• 転生 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Reincarnation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
転	生
てん Grade: 3	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Kan'on reading, so likely a later re-borrowing into Japanese. Now the more common reading of this term.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋse̞i]

Noun

転生 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 轉生, hiragana てんせい, rōmaji tensei)

1. transmigration of a soul into a new body: reincarnation, metempsychosis, rebirth