Translating "天牖", acupuncture point TB-16

The reasoning for translating "天牖" as "Lattice Window to Heaven" from Chinese into English. This is the original name of acupuncture point TB-16 (Triple Burner 16).

天牖
Lattice Window to Heaven  (TB-16)
天: Heaven
牖: Window / guidance

Explanation of the point name

牖 is usually translated as "window," so that the pointname would be "Heaven's Window," or something similar.

Point SI-16 天窗 also contains a character with the meaning of "window," namely 窗, and can hardly be translated otherwise. That could result in the same translation for these two point names. Apparently, 牖 means something else here.

However, 牖 is not really a window made of a sheet of glass and nothing else. This kind of window has a lattice over it, that makes it harder to look through it, or to make eye contact with a person on the other side of it.

Another old meaning of this character is "to guide, enlighten, educate." However, this point doesn't really have an effect that can me interpreted as such.

Hence, "Lattice Window to Heaven."

1st character

Heaven
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Point names with

For consistency in the translations, it is necessary to be aware of how the character is translated elsewhere. These are the point names it is in.

LU-3 天府 Heaven's Storehouse
LI-17 天鼎 Heaven's Tripod
ST-25 天樞 Heaven's Pivot
SP-18 天谿 Heavenly Valley Stream
SI-11 天宗 Heavenly Ancestor
SI-16 天窗 Window to Heaven
SI-17 天容 Heaven's Container
BL-7 通天 Unhindered Heaven
BL-10 天柱 Heaven's Pillar
P-1 天池 Heavenly Pond
P-2 天泉 Heavenly Spring
TB-10 天井 Heavenly Well
TB-15 天髎 Heavenly Bone Notch
TB-16 天牖 Lattice Window to Heaven
GB-9 天沖 Heavenly Infusion
REN-22 天突 Heaven's Chimney

Point names with (opposite of )

For consistency in the translations, it helps to be aware of how the opposite character is translated elsewhere. These are the point names it is in.

ST-4 地倉 Land's Granary
SP-8 地機 Ground Pivot
GB-42 地五會 Five Meeting on the Ground


2nd character

Window / guidance
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No other point names with this character.



Nearby points

Sometimes the names of consecutive points on a meridian are related. Being aware of nearby points can help to translate consistently in such a situation.

TB-13 臑會 Upper Arm Junction
TB-14 肩髎 Shoulder Bones Notch
TB-15 天髎 Heavenly Bone Notch
TB-16 天牖 Lattice Window to Heaven
TB-17 翳風 Wind Screen
TB-18 瘈脈 Spasm Bloodvessel
TB-19 顱息 Quieting the Head