"太陽" meaning in Japanese

See 太陽 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ta̠ijo̞ː] Audio: LL-Q5287 (jpn)-Higa4-太陽.wav Forms: 太陽 [canonical] (ruby: (たい), (よう)), taiyō [romanization], taiyau [romanization], たいやう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 太陽 (MC thajH yang, “sun”). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=たいよう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|太陽|sun}} 太陽 (MC thajH yang, “sun”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|たいよう|hhira=たいやう}} 太(たい)陽(よう) • (taiyō) ^(←たいやう (taiyau)?)
  1. the sun Synonyms:
    Sense id: en-太陽-ja-noun--Z-Zba9F
  2. (I Ching) greater yang (⚌)
    Sense id: en-太陽-ja-noun-H4gUmtrr
  3. (tarot) the Sun
    Sense id: en-太陽-ja-noun-wVYw7w10 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Cartomancy, 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, Sun Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 5 26 69 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 5 24 71 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 5 22 73 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 8 36 56 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 4 23 74 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 27 67 Disambiguation of Sun: 34 0 65 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences, tarot
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 太陽光 (taiyōkō) (ruby: 太陽光(たいようこう)), 太陽系 (taiyōkei) (ruby: 太陽系(たいようけい)), 太陽電池 (taiyōdenchi) (ruby: 太陽電池(たいようでんち))
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Download raw JSONL data for 太陽 meaning in Japanese (3.4kB)

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