九天

Chinese

nine day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad.
(九天)
九 天
anagram 天九

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 九 天
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III IV
Fanqie 舉有切 他前切
Baxter kjuwX then
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨuX/ /tʰen/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiuX/ /tʰen/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiəuX/ /tʰɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kuwX/ /tʰɛn/
Li
Rong
/kiuX/ /tʰen/
Wang
Li
/kĭəuX/ /tʰien/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯ə̯uX/ /tʰien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiǔ tiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gau2 tin1

Proper noun

九天

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 九 (jiǔ),‎ 天 (tiān).
  2. (literary) the Ninth Heaven (the highest of heavens)

Derived terms

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