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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
- —焔摩天Yama (as protector deity of the south in esoteric Buddhism)
- —忉利天heaven of the thirty-three; one of the six heavens of the desire realm
- —天こ盛piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
- —天パーnaturally curly hair
- —天秤秤balance scale; balance
- —釣天狗person who brags about (or prides themselves on) their fishing skill
- —天具帖tengujo (thin washi); tengucho
- —天埋めembedded in the ceiling (of a fan, air conditioning unit, etc.); ceiling-mounted
- —天パンbaking tray; baking sheet; sheet pan
- —天鵝絨velvet
- —天澤履lü (hexagram 10 of the I Ching: treading)
- —澤天夬guai (hexagram 43 of the I Ching: break-through)
- —晴天白日clear weather; being cleared of the charge (brought against one); having one's innocence proved; having a clear conscience; having nothing to be ashamed of
- —御天気屋moody person; temperamental person; fickle person
- —天空海闊the open sky and the serene sea; as open as the sky and serene as the sea; magnanimous
- —天手古舞whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)
- —天心爛漫innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike
- —天神ひげdrooping moustache; goatee
- —天祐神助divine grace; God's help
- —不俱戴天cannot allow (oneself) to live (with someone) under the canopy of heaven; cannot allow (the sworn enemy) to live in this world; irreconcilable (enemy)