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sky; heavens envoy; messenger
simp. and trad.
(天使)
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天使

  1. angel
  2. (obsolete) envoy sent by Heaven or Son of Heaven; imperial or heavenly emissary

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天使 on Japanese Wikipedia

Kanji in this term
使
てん
Grade: 1

Grade: 3
goon

From Middle Chinese 天使 (MC then sriX|sriH).

天(てん)使() (tenshi

  1. an angel
    天(てん)使(し)悪(あく)魔(ま)
    Tenshi to Akuma
    Angels & Demons
  2. an imperial messenger or envoy
  3. a messenger or envoy from heaven
  4. (figurative) someone who is kind and pure; an angel
  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Hanja in this term
使

天使 (cheonsa or McCune-Reischauer: ch'ŏnsa or Yale: chensa) (hangeul 천사)

  1. hanja form? of 천사 (angel)
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
使

天使

  1. chữ Hán form of thiên sứ (angel).