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tenjin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables
ten-jin
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Japanese god of the heavens; also the Shinto kami of scholarship.

name

A Japanese term for deva.

Etymology

From Japanese 天神 (Tenjin), from 天 (then, “Heaven”) + 神 (zyin, “deity”, “god”).

Questions

What does tenjin mean?
A Japanese god of the heavens; also the Shinto kami of scholarship.
Where does tenjin come from?
From Japanese 天神 (Tenjin), from 天 (then, “Heaven”) + 神 (zyin, “deity”, “god”).

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