Tianzhu (India)
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| Chinese | 天竺 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 천축 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 天竺 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 天竺 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hiragana | てんじく | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tianzhu (Chinese: 天竺; pinyin: Tiānzhú) is a historical Chinese name for the Indian subcontinent. Tian (天; tiān) means "heaven", and zhu (竺; zhú) means "bamboo" in Chinese.
Tianzhu was also referred to as Wu Tianzhu (五天竺; Wǔ Tiānzhú; 'Five Indias'), because there were five geographical regions on the Indian subcontinent known to the Chinese: Central, Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western India.