大三元
Chinese
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
three | primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (大三元) |
大 | 三 | 元 | |
| Literally: “big three fundamentals”. | ||||
Pronunciation
Descendants
- → Japanese: 大三元 (daisangen)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 大 | 三 | 元 |
| だい Grade: 1 |
さん Grade: 1 |
げん Grade: 2 |
| goon | on’yomi | kan’on |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 大三元 (dàsānyuán)
From 大 (dai-, “big, great”) + 三元 (sangen, clipping of 三元牌 (sangenpai), “dragon tiles”).
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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