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天 kanji
heavens, sky, imperial
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
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- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
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テン
Kun readings
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Words with 天
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- —天一神Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky
- —天赦日auspicious day for any activity (according to the traditional calendar)
- —天文方Edo-period office in charge of compiling the traditional calendar, astronomical measurements, surveying, translating Western books, etc.
- —天然型natural form (of a vitamin, etc.); native form; naturally occurring
- —天ぬきtempura soba without the noodles; missing the vital element
- —天明調style of haikai or haiku from the Tenmei era (based on a return to the style of Basho); style of comical tanka from the Tenmei era (popularized by Oota Nampo)
- —天体暦astronomical ephemeris; ephemeris
- —応天門main southern gate of the Heian Palace's reception compound
- —天神髷tenjin hairstyle
- —海天狗short dragonfish (Eurypegasus draconis)
- —天竺鯛vertical-striped cardinalfish (Apogon lineatus); Indian perch; coral fish
- —十二天twelve devas (esp. of the Shingon sect)
- —閻魔天Yama (as protector deity of the south in esoteric Buddhism)
- —晴天域area of clear sky
- —楽天観optimistic view of life; optimism
- —楽天論optimism
- —六欲天the six domains of the desire realm; the six heavens of the desire realm
- —化楽天heaven of enjoying emanations; one of the six heavens of the desire realm
- —夜摩天heaven without fighting; one of the six heavens of the desire realm
- —四王天heaven of the Four Great Kings; one of the six heavens of the desire realm