tenno

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The emperor of Japan as head of state and the head of the Japanese imperial family.

name

/ˈtɛnəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-tenno.wav

tenno tennos Tennou

Borrowed from Japanese 天皇(てんのう) (tennō), from Middle Chinese 天皇 (then hwang) with the original sense of “heavenly sovereign”.

mikado God Emperor

Chrysanthemum Throne

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