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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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テン
Kun readings
あまつあめあま-
Words with 天
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —雷天大壮da zhuang (hexagram 34 of the I Ching: the power of the great)
- —天ぷら屋tempura shop; tempura restaurant
- —天津甘栗(Tianjin-style) sweet chestnuts
- —碧羅の天clear blue sky; cloudless sky
- —天を仰ぐto look up at the sky; to look up to heaven; to face upwards; to look up to the sky (in frustration or despair); to look skyward helplessly
- —天理大学Tenri University
- —弁天小僧Benten Kozō (main character of the play Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishiki-e)
- —天使大学Tenshi College
- —楽天証券Rakuten Securities
- —楽天市場Rakuten Ichiba
- —楽天銀行Rakuten Bank
- —天を衝くto tower extremely high; to pierce the sky; to overflow (with energy); to run high (of spirits, momentum, etc.); to surge (of a feeling)
- —楽天主義者optimist
- —青天の霹靂a bolt out of the blue
- —青天井予算limitless budget
- —天を摩するto soar high (building, etc.)
- —天井知らずskyrocketing (prices)
- —天下晴れてright and proper; legal
- —天下分け目fateful; decisive (e.g. war)
- —天気相談所weather bureau