天 — heaven, sky
てん
天
heaven
てん
U+5929
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #512
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #428
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- heaven
- sky
Readings
- On'yomi
- てん ten
- Kun'yomi
- あま ama あまつ amatsu あめ ame
word
てん ten On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
あま ama Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Words by frequency and grade
39 wordsEach dot is a word containing 天: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 22 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Composed of
おおきい
大
big
#37
いち
一
one
#1
Used as component in (2)
Indicative compound (指事). A line (一) above a person (大, a figure with arms spread). What is above a person standing tall — the sky, the heavens. In oracle bone script, the horizontal line marked the top of a human head.