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Tenjin.

A Japanese god of the heavens; also the Shinto kami of scholarship.

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  1. A Japanese god of the heavens; also the Shinto kami of scholarship.

    Japanese
  2. A Japanese term for deva.

Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.