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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
- —天宮heavenly palace; sky
- —天宮Tiangong (Chinese space program)
- —飛天heavenly beings shown flying around the main image in a temple; Feitian (2008 Chinese space suit)
- —人天earth and heaven; human and heavenly beings
- —天仙heavenly immortal (in Taoism)
- —三天the three deities (Marici, Mahakala, Sarasvati); the three celestials (Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma)
- —天埋embedded in the ceiling (of a fan, air conditioning unit, etc.); ceiling-mounted
- —普天vault of heaven; whole world
- —天灯sky lantern (light paper lantern elevated by hot air from the flame)
- —白天white deep-fried kamaboko
- —天盤roof
- —天珠dzi bead; Himalayan agate bead
- —暮天evening sky
- —天端top of a dam or embankment (oft. used as a road); levee crown
- —滔天tremendous (vigor, force, etc.); overwhelming
- —楽天Rakuten; Rakuten (Japanese Internet and information conglomerate)
- —天津Tianjin (China); Tientsin
- —天問Tianwen (Chinese interplanetary mission); Heavenly Questions (classical Chinese poem)
- —下天lower heavens (esp. the heaven of the Four Heavenly Kings, the lowest of the six heavens of the desire realm); heaven of enjoying emanations
- —悪天使evil angels