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天 kanji
heavens, sky, imperial
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
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On readings
テン
Kun readings
あまつあめあま-
Words with 天
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —皇天providence; heaven
- —天重box lunch with tempura
- —梵天Brahma (Hindu creator god); large staff with plaited paper streamers (used at religious festivals or as a sign); buoy (used in longline fishing, gillnetting, etc.); down puff (on the end of an ear pick)
- —周天the full scope of the heavens; 360 degrees; one full revolution of Earth; twelve years; one full cycle of the Chinese calendar
- —天面upper surface; top side
- —南天southern sky; heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica); nandina
- —天平Tenpyō era (729.8.5-749.4.14); Tenbyō era; Tenhei era
- —天応Ten'ō era (781.1.1-782.8.19)
- —天長Tenchō era (824.1.5-834.1.3)
- —天安Ten'an era (857.2.21-859.4.15)
- —天慶Tengyō era (938.5.22-947.4.22); Tenkei era
- —天暦Tenryaku era (947.4.22-957.10.27)
- —天徳Tentoku era (957.10.27-961.2.16)
- —天禄Tenroku era (970.3.25-973.12.20)
- —天延Ten'en era (973.12.20-976.7.13)
- —天元tengen; central black dot on a go board; center of the board; Tengen era (978.11.29-983.4.15); Tengen (professional title)
- —天喜Tengi era (1053.1.11-1058.8.29)
- —天仁Tennin era (1108.8.3-1110.7.13)
- —天永Ten'ei era (1110.7.13-1113.7.13)
- —天治Tenji era (1124.4.3-1126.1.22)