天子
Chinese
day; sky; heaven | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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simp. and trad. (天子) |
天 | 子 |
Etymology
Attested earliest in the bronze inscriptions dated to King Kang of Zhou's reign.[1]
Pronunciation
Synonyms
- 乘輿/乘舆 (literary, figurative)
- 人主 (rénzhǔ) (literary)
- 人君 (rénjūn) (literary)
- 人王 (rénwáng)
- 元首 (yuánshǒu)
- 君上 (jūnshàng) (literary)
- 君主 (jūnzhǔ)
- 君父 (jūnfù) (literary)
- 君王 (jūnwáng)
- 國君/国君 (guójūn)
- 國家/国家 (guójiā) (Classical Chinese)
- 大聖/大圣 (dàshèng) (literary)
- 大駕/大驾 (dàjià)
- 官家 (guānjiā) (archaic)
- 帝王 (dìwáng)
- 皇帝 (huángdì)
- 皇辟 (huángbì) (archaic, Son of Heaven)
Derived terms
Descendants
Others:
- → Old Turkic: 𐱅𐰤𐰾𐰃 (Tensi)
- → Chagatai: اسمان نینک اوغلی (calque)
- → Classical Mongolian: ᠲᠩᠷᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ
ᠬᠥ᠋ᠪᠡᠭᠦᠨ (tŋri-yin köbegün) (calque) - → English: Son of Heaven (calque)
- → Manchu: ᠠᠪᡴᠠᡳ
ᠵᡠᡳ (abkai jui) (calque) - → Tibetan: གནམ་གྱི་བུ (gnam gyi bu) (calque)
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