"天元" meaning in Japanese

See 天元 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: 天元 [canonical] (ruby: 天(てん), 元(げん)), Tengen [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|てんげん}} 天(てん)元(げん) • (Tengen)
  1. A Japanese go tournament, and the title conferred to its winner.
    Sense id: en-天元-ja-name-6AEuvjrR Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 18 6 5 12 28 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 17 3 3 12 34 3 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 68 32 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 72 28 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 93 7 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 92 8 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 62 35 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 70 30 0
  2. the Tengen era, 978-983
    Sense id: en-天元-ja-name-2pai~woj Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Historical periods Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 18 6 5 12 28 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 17 3 3 12 34 3 Disambiguation of Historical periods: 38 62 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 天王山 (tennōzan, the center square in shogi) (ruby: 天王山(てんのうざん)), 貞元 (Jōgen) (ruby: 貞元(じょうげん)) (english: era preceding Tengen), 永観 (era following Tengen (Eikan) (ruby: 永観(えいかん))

Noun

Forms: 天元 [canonical] (ruby: 天(てん), 元(げん)), tengen [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|てんげん}} 天(てん)元(げん) • (tengen)
  1. (go) The point at the center of the board.
    Sense id: en-天元-ja-noun-AEPfR~M7 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Go
     
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