天台

See also: 天臺

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	surname; (classical) you (in letters); platform surname; (classical) you (in letters); platform; Taiwan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (天台)		天	台

天台

Alternative name for 天台山 (Tiāntāi Shān).
Tiantai (a county of Taizhou, Zhejiang, China)
(Buddhism) Tiantai (a school of Mahayana Buddhism that stresses the Lotus Sutra)
天台宗 ― Tiāntáizōng ― the Tiantai sect of Buddhism

For pronunciation and definitions of 天台 – see 天臺 (“rooftop”). (This term is the simplified and variant traditional form of 天臺).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Kanji in this term
天	台
Grade: 1	Grade: 2

Alternative spelling
天臺 (kyūjitai)

天台(てんだい) • (Tendai)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.