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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Han character

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

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

Note: The top line can be either longer or shorter than the arms.

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  • 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] Hanzi

(Yale tin1)


[edit] Japanese

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[edit] Kanji

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

[edit] Noun

(hiragana てん, romaji ten): also see Deva

  1. heaven; the sky
  2. Buddhist term, literally meaning: "heaven", referring to one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhist cosmology.

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[edit] Noun

(hiragana あま, romaji ama)

  1. (archaic) heaven; the sky

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(hiragana あめ, romaji ame)

  1. (archaic) heaven; the sky

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[edit] Hanja


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: cheon, McCune-Reischauer: ch'ŏn)
  1. (하늘 , haneul cheon) sky; heaven; Godhead; tao; etc.

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[edit] Noun

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin tiān)

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

[edit] Hanzi

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

[edit] Compounds

  • 春天 chūntiān - spring
  • 夏天 xiàtiān - summer
  • 秋天 qiūtiān - autumn/fall
  • 冬天 dōngtiān - winter
  • 前天 qiăntiān - the day before yesterday
  • 昨天 zuótiān - yesterday
  • 今天 jīntiān - today
  • 明天 míngtiān - tomorrow
  • 后天 hòutiān - the day after tomorrow
  • 星期天 xīngqītiān - Sunday
  • 天气 tiānqì - the weather
  • 天天 tiāntiān - every day
  • 天蓝 tiānlán - blue, azure
  • 天下 tiānxià - the world (under the sky)
  • 天宫 tiāngōng - palace of heaven

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[edit] Han character

(*then)


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(thiên, yêu)

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