天地玄黄

てんちげんこう

Meanings

1. Expression heaven is black and earth is yellow; heaven and earth

Kanji

• 天 heaven. Read as テン.
• 地 land
• 玄 mysterious. Read as ゲン.
• 黄 yellow. Read as コウ.

Word lists

• Yojijukugo (四字熟語)

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