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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
- —天竺編みJersey stitch (knitware)
- —二天一流style of classical Japanese swordsmanship involving use of two swords
- —天文薄明astronomical twilight
- —天使の輪halo; angel ring; glow of freshly washed or treated hair
- —天文現象astronomical phenomenon; celestial event
- —天文密奏confidential report to the ruler of the country of astronomical events and their astrological interpretation
- —古天文学archaeoastronomy; archeoastronomy
- —天目茶碗tenmoku tea-bowl; dark-glazed conical tea-bowl of Chinese origin
- —総天然色Technicolor
- —天井関数ceiling function
- —元始天尊Yuanshi Tianzun (one of the supreme divinities of Taoism)
- —釣り天狗person who brags about (or prides themselves on) their fishing skill
- —天狗倒しlarge sound of unknown source heard on a forested mountain
- —観天望気predicting the weather from the wind direction, shape of clouds, etc.
- —天ぷら粉tempura flour (flour mixed with starch, etc.)
- —天然果実natural fruits
- —宇宙天気space weather
- —天地雲泥extreme difference; worlds apart
- —天測航法celestial navigation; astronavigation; celonavigation
- —太平天国Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864)