"天使" meaning in Japanese

See 天使 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [tẽ̞ɰ̃ɕi] Forms: 天使 [canonical] (ruby: (てん), 使()), tenshi [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 天使 (MC then sriX|sriH). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=てんし}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|天使}} 天使 (MC then sriX|sriH) Head templates: {{ja-noun|てんし}} 天(てん)使(し) • (tenshi)
  1. an angel
    Sense id: en-天使-ja-noun-kHPy4cxk Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 16 34 35 16
  2. an imperial messenger or envoy
    Sense id: en-天使-ja-noun-2G-Fdj1G Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 43 46 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 49 46 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 49 46 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 16 34 35 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 48 46 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 2 49 46 3
  3. a messenger or envoy from heaven
    Sense id: en-天使-ja-noun-MRSZNqoq Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 43 46 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 49 46 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 49 46 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 16 34 35 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 48 46 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 2 49 46 3
  4. (figurative) someone who is kind and pure; an angel Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-天使-ja-noun-DEJfXrBc Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 16 34 35 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Religion Hyponyms: 堕天使 (datenshi) (ruby: (), (てん), 使()), 熾天使 (shitenshi) (ruby: (), (てん), 使()), 智天使 (chitenshi) (ruby: (), (てん), 使())
Disambiguation of Religion: 0 0 0 0
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