Etymology

Tenjin

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Today it means: A Japanese god of the heavens; also the Shinto kami of scholarship. Full definition →

Japanese 天神
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  1. Japanese · derived from天神
  2. English todayTenjin

From Japanese 天神 (Tenjin), from 天 (then, “Heaven”) + 神 (zyin, “deity”, “god”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.