天

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 Descendants 1.2.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Readings 3.2.2 Compounds 3.3 Related terms 3.4 Noun 3.4.1 Derived terms 3.5 Noun 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 Synonyms 4.1.2 Antonyms 4.1.3 Compounds 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.3 Hanzi 5.3.1 Compounds 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

A top line representing the level above a man with outstretched arms (大).

[edit] Han character

天 (radical 37 大+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一大 (MK), four-corner 1043₀, composition ⿱一大)

1. sky, heaven
2. god, celestial
3. day

[edit] Descendants

• て
• テ

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 248, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5833
• Dae Jaweon: page 500, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 522, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5929

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

天 (Yale tin1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

天 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

[edit] Noun

天 (hiragana てん, romaji ten)

1. heaven; the sky

[edit] Readings

• On: てん (ten)
• Kun: あめ (ame), そら (sora)

[edit] Compounds

[edit] Related terms

• 天下り

[edit] Noun

天 (hiragana あま, romaji ama)

1. (archaic) heaven; the sky

[edit] Derived terms

• 天の川, 天の河

[edit] Noun

天 (hiragana あめ, romaji ame)

1. (archaic) heaven; the sky

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

天
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 천 (revised: cheon, McCune-Reischauer: ch'ŏn)

• Name (hangeul): 하늘()

1. (하늘 천, haneul cheon) sky; heaven; Godhead; tao; etc.

[edit] Synonyms

• 乾 (건, geon)

[edit] Antonyms

• 地 (지, ji)
• 坤 (곤, gon)

[edit] Compounds

• 天子 (천자, cheonja) king
• 天才 (천재, cheonjae) genius
• 天地 (천지, cheonji) heaven and earth
• 天平秤 (천평칭, cheonpyeongching) scale, balance
• 天下 (천하, cheonha) all the world over

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

天 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin tiān)

1. sky, heaven
2. day (as part of compound words, such as 今天, 明天)

[edit] Hanzi

天 (pinyin tiān (tian1), Wade-Giles t'ien¹)

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

天 (*then)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

天 (thiên, yêu)