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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
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Words with 天
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —天魔demon of the sixth heaven in the realm of desire who tries to prevent people from doing good
- —天幕decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee
- —天命God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; fate; karma; destiny; one's life; one's lifespan
- —天明dawn; daybreak; Tenmei era (1781.4.2-1789.1.25)
- —天網heaven's vengeance; heaven's net
- —天与godsend; heaven's gift
- —天来heavenly; divine; inspired; heaven sent
- —天雷thunder
- —天覧imperial inspection
- —天領shogun's demesne; area under direct control of the shogun; imperial lands; area under direct control of the Emperor
- —天丼tempura donburi; tempura served over a bowl of rice; (in comedy) repeating the same gag or silly line
- —天稟natural talents
- —天籟sound of wind; beautiful poetry
- —天誅heaven's punishment; divine punishment; well-deserved punishment; just punishment
- —天譴divine punishment
- —東天the eastern sky
- —動天heaven-shaking event; earth-shattering occurrence
- —曇天cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather
- —脳天top of the head; crown of the head
- —北天northern sky