also: ちん
Refers to a small, often open-sided structure in a garden or park, used for resting or enjoying the view. Can also be used in names of traditional restaurants or inns.
庭の隅に小さな亭がある。
There is a small arbor in the corner of the garden.
suffix for pseudonyms of writers/performers
Only with reading てい
Attached to the end of a pen name or stage name, especially for traditional artists, writers, or rakugo performers. Reading is always てい.
落語家の「古今亭志ん生」の「亭」は、この用法だ。
The 亭 in the rakugo performer 'Kokontei Shinshō' is this usage.
suffix for restaurant names
Only with reading てい
Commonly used in the names of traditional Japanese restaurants, inns, or tea houses, giving a classical or elegant feel. Reading is always てい.
「和風亭」という名前のレストランに行った。
I went to a restaurant called 'Wafūtei'.
その料亭は「松風亭」という名前だ。
That traditional restaurant is called 'Shōfūtei'.
パビリオン is a modern loanword for a larger, often temporary structure like an expo pavilion, whereas 亭 refers to a small, traditional garden arbor.
邸 and 亭 share the same reading てい but 邸 means a large mansion or residence, while 亭 refers to a small pavilion or is used as a suffix for pen names and restaurant names.
traditional Japanese restaurant; luxurious Japanese restaurant
head of a household; master; host; innkeeper; proprietor · husband
lofty; towering; tall and imposing
noon; midday
vaudeville theater; music hall; entertainment hall · vaudeville theater manager; music hall proprietor
Standard kanji form for all senses; reading てい is the most common.
Rare reading for the standalone noun sense; てい is preferred.
From Chinese 亭 (tíng), originally meaning a roadside rest stop or a small building. In Japanese, it retains the sense of a small elegant structure and extends to names of establishments and pseudonyms.
garden pavilion; gazebo
Kantei style of calligraphy