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Meaning of 'Ten' in English
I heard that the Japanese word 'Ten', meaning Heaven and such, also means immortal and that in folklore the Kanji for 'Ten' would be on someone who has become immortal. Is this true?
Oct 12, 2011 12:22 AM
Answers · 5
天 てん
1: sky;
2: heaven;
3: (Buddhist term) svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth);
4: (Buddhist term) deva (divine being of Buddhism)
It's all in the dictionary.
October 12, 2011
天(ten)、天国(tengoku) means "heaven" but I've never heard it also means "immortal".
Which folklore?
October 12, 2011
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