天一

てんいち

Meanings

1. Noun Ten'ichijin; Nakagami (i.e.: god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky) See also: 天一神 (てんいちじん). See also: 陰陽道 (おんみょうどう). See also: 己酉 (つちのととり). See also: 癸巳 (みずのとみ).

Kanji

• 天 heaven. Read as テン.
• 一 one. Read as イチ.

Words containing 天一

• 二天一流 (にてんいちりゅう) style of classical Japanese swordsmanship involving use of two swords
• 天一神 (てんいちじん) Ten'ichijin
• 天一天上 (てんいちてんじょう) days on which Ten'ichijin is in heaven (the 30th to the 45th days of the sexagenary cycle)

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