Word Meaning 四天王

してんのう shitennou

四天王 is read as してんのう (shitennou) and means the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana).

Meaning

English

the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana)
the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)

Reading

Kana

してんのう

Romaji

shitennou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 18337 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

四王天

しおうてん

heaven of the Four Great Kings

四天王寺国際仏教大学

してんのうじこくさいぶっきょうだいがく

Shitennōji International Buddhist University

天王

てんのう

Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)

牛頭天王

ごずてんのう

Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)

天王山

てんのうざん

strategic point

天王星

てんのうせい

Uranus (planet)

海王星外天体

かいおうせいがいてんたい

trans-Neptunian object

天王星型惑星

てんのうせいがたわくせい

ice giant (Uranus, Neptune)

四球

しきゅう

four balls

四半期

しはんき

quarter (of a year)

四死球

ししきゅう

bases on balls and pitches striking the batsmen

四苦八苦

しくはっく

the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

Example Sentences

四天王寺は日本最古の寺です。

The Shitennouji is the most ancient temple in Japan.

四天王も倒した、クソ長い地下迷宮もクリアした。

I'd defeated the four sub-bosses and got through the damn long underground labyrinth.