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天

Heaven
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingテン
Kun readingあめ、あま
JLPT level: N5JōyōGrade 1Level 2

Meanings

  1. heaven
  2. heavensRtK
  3. imperial
  4. sky
    彼は天を仰いだ。He looked up at the sky.tatoeba
  1. god
  2. svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth)
  3. deva (divine being of Buddhism)

Synonyms

天ぷら

Homonyms

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Same reading (てん)
店 · store点 · dot

Popular Usage

天気天気予報天地雨天

Radicals and components

Radical大big
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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one (一) · ceiling (冖) · large (大)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 457

Compound words

天気てんき
weather; fair weather; fine weather
天気予報てんきよほう
weather forecast; weather report
天使てんし
angel
天丼てんどん
tempura donburi; tempura served over a bowl of rice; (in comedy) repeating the same gag or silly line
露天風呂ろてんぶろ
open-air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
天然温泉てんねんおんせん
natural hot spring
沢天夬たくてんかい
guai (hexagram 43 of the I Ching: break-through)
天気図てんきず
a weather map
雨天うてん
rainy weather
天地てんち
heaven and earth; the universe; the world; nature; land
炎天えんてん
blazing heat; scorching sun
仰天ぎょうてん
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
晴天せいてん
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
天井てんじょう
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
天下てんか
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation
天狗てんぐ
tengu; red-faced and long-nosed goblin said to reside deep in the mountains; bragging; conceit; braggart
天候てんこう
weather
天国てんごく
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
天才てんさい
genius; prodigy; natural gift
天災てんさい
natural disaster; natural calamity; act of God
天寿てんじゅ
natural span of life
天性てんせい
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
天然てんねん
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
天体てんたい
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object

On Reading Examples

彼は天文学、即ち天文の学問の偉大な権威であった。てんもん
He was a great authority on astronomy, or the science of the heavenly bodies.tatoeba
彼は天の助けを得た。てん
He got assistance from above.tatoeba
天皇は国家の象徴である。てんのう
The Emperor shall be the symbol of the State.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は父の天才を幾分受け継いでいる。
He has some share of his father's genius.tatoeba
彼は天文学の専門家だ。
He is an expert in astronomy.tatoeba
彼は天文学、即ち天文の学問の偉大な権威であった。
He was a great authority on astronomy, or the science of the heavenly bodies.tatoeba
彼は天文学に興味があるようだ。
It seems that he is interested in astronomy.tatoeba
日本の天気予報の創始者とされる。
He is said to be the founder of weather forecast in Japan.wiki
それから天気を当てる釜として有名になったという。
Then it is said that the iron pot became famous as a weather forecaster.wiki
よって天気予報で雨が確実な日は出漁を見合わせることもある。
Therefore, fishermen sometimes put off going fishing when the weather forecast predicts rain at a high rate.wiki
天地万物の主宰者。
It is an organizer of all things in heaven and the earth.wiki
東京楽天地 - 東宝グループでもある
Tokyo Rakutenchi Co., Ltd. also belongs to the Toho Group.wiki

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Heaven. 大 (a big person) + a line above the head — what lies above people.

Practice Writing

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