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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
- —辨財天Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, art, wealth and water
- —辯才天Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, art, wealth and water
- —宇頂天ecstasy; highest heaven
- —嚊天下household with the wife as the boss; wife wearing the pants; wife ruling the roost; house with a henpecked husband
- —嬶天下household with the wife as the boss; wife wearing the pants; wife ruling the roost; house with a henpecked husband
- —天花粉talcum powder
- —天球図horoscope
- —天びん(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; milkmaid's yoke; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
- —露天掘surface mining; open-cut mining; open-pit mining
- —吊天井suspended ceiling
- —釣天井suspended ceiling
- —鴉天狗small, crow-billed tengu
- —脳天気laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
- —都率天Tusita heaven (one of the six heavens of the desire realm); Tushita
- —都卒天Tusita heaven (one of the six heavens of the desire realm); Tushita
- —天カスtenkasu; crunchy bits of fried batter left after cooking tempura
- —天蝎宮Scorpio (8th zodiacal sign); the Scorpion
- —多門天Vaisravana (one of the Four Heavenly Kings)
- —天抜きtempura soba without the noodles; missing the vital element
- —天の恵God's gift; God's blessing; grace of God; godsend