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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
- —第六天sixth heaven (of the desire realm)
- —寒天蛸seven-arm octopus (Haliphron atlanticus)
- —熾天使seraph
- —新天地new land; new world; new sphere of activity
- —天道教Cheondoism; Chondoism; Korean religion
- —天青石celestite; celestine
- —天の声heavenly voice; off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict
- —天然水natural water; untreated water; spring water
- —天然物natural product; product of nature
- —聖天子virtuous emperor
- —日天子Surya (Hindu sun god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism); sun
- —月天子Chandra (Hindu moon god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism); moon
- —天狗猿proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus); long-nosed monkey
- —天然木naturally growing tree; tree that does not grow in a tree plantation; natural wood
- —天然林natural forest
- —天むすonigiri with shrimp tempura filling
- —岩南天keiskei fetterbush (Leucothoe keiskei); doghobble; dog hobble
- —天中殺inauspicious time in four pillar astrology
- —黒闇天Kalaratri (Deva)
- —準天頂quasi-zenith