Word.ws English Dictionary

Son of Heaven

Son of Heaven proper noun: emperor of China.

Proper noun

the Son of Heaven

  1. (historical) Emperor of China

Son of Heaven meaning in Sanskrit and Vietnamese

Son of Heaven in Sanskrit

son of heaven; son of the gods
देवपुत्र devaputra

Son of Heaven in Vietnamese

Translations
thiên tử

Origin of Son of Heaven

Calque of Literary Chinese 天子 (tiānzǐ), from the Emperor having the Mandate of Heaven.

Questions about Son of Heaven

What does Son of Heaven mean?
Son of Heaven means emperor of China.
What is Son of Heaven in Sanskrit?
Son of Heaven in Sanskrit is देवपुत्र (devaputra). See Son of Heaven meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is Son of Heaven?
Son of Heaven is a proper noun.

Words near Son of Heaven in the dictionary

  1. son of a snake
  2. son of a whore
  3. son of Adam
  4. son of bitch
  5. son of God
  6. Son of Heaven
  7. Son of Man
  8. son of privilege
  9. Son of Sam law
  10. Son of Sam laws
  11. Son of the Dawn

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Son of Heaven (page history and authors); देवपुत्र (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Son of Heaven.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/son_of_heaven. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.