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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
- —万天the whole world
- —露天open air
- —天人God and man; heaven and man
- —天道the sun; god of heaven and the earth; laws governing the heavens; celestial path; celestial motion; deva realm (svarga)
- —天杯emperor's gift cup
- —天秤(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; milkmaid's yoke; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
- —天変irregular natural phenomenon (occurring in the sky)
- —天佑divine aid; divine grace; providential help
- —弁天Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
- —青天blue sky
- —衝天(being in) high spirits
- —蒼天blue sky; azure sky; spring sky; God; the Creator
- —回天changing the world; turning the tide; Kaiten; manned suicide torpedo used by the Japanese navy in WWII
- —後天a posteriori; posteriority
- —野天in the open; the open air
- —在天in heaven; heavenly
- —先天inherent; innate
- —満天the whole sky; the firmament; the heavens; the empyrean
- —天袋storage space above closet
- —早天early morning; dawn