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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
- —天柱pillars supporting heaven
- —天朝imperial court
- —天聴emperor's knowledge
- —天頂zenith; vertex
- —天帝Shangdi (supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion); God; Shakra (king of heaven in Hindu mythology); Indra
- —天底nadir
- —天敵natural enemy
- —天堂heaven; paradise
- —天童cherub; gods disguised as children; children parading as cherubs
- —天日the sun; sunlight; heat of the sun
- —天馬flying horse; Pegasus
- —天罰divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; nemesis; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
- —天府fertile land; deep scholarship
- —天父Heavenly Father; God
- —天賦natural (e.g. talent); innate; inborn; inherent
- —天福heavenly blessing; Tenpuku era (1233.4.15-1234.11.5)
- —天分one's nature; talents; destiny; mission; sphere of activity
- —天聞emperor's knowledge
- —天兵the Imperial Army; heaven-send army
- —天辺high in the sky; highest heaven