Kanji 天 — "Heaven"
Here is what 天 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Heaven" stick.
How it is read
てん
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
あまつ, あめ, あま-
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
The Big god who is number One above all else — he lives in Heaven!
- ⼀ One
A single stroke counts as the number One, see? Japanese is that simple!
- 大 Big
A person spreading their arms and legs wide, saying that what's in front of them is wow, so Big!
Words that use 天
12 of 15 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 天才 てんさい a genius
- 天下 てんか the world, whole country
- 天 てん heaven, sky
- 天然 てんねん nature, spontaneity
- 天国 てんごく paradise, heaven, Kingdom of Heaven
- 天気 てんき weather
- 天候 てんこう weather
- 天皇 てんのう Emperor of Japan
- 天気予報 てんきよほう weather forecast
- 天体 てんたい heavenly body
- 天地 てんち heaven and earth, the universe
- 晴天 せいてん fine weather
Want 天 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
