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Translingual

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Etymology

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

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.

Descendants

See also

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

(Yale tin1)


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Japanese

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Kanji

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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.

Readings

Compounds

Related terms

Derived terms

Synonyms

See also

Noun

(hiragana あま, romaji ama)

  1. (archaic) heaven; the sky

Derived terms

Noun

(hiragana あめ, romaji ame)

  1. (archaic) heaven; the sky

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Korean

Hanja


Eumhun:

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

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Antonyms

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

Noun

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin tiān)

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

Hanzi

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

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
  • 天崩地裂
  • 天边, 天边儿
  • 天兵
  • 天不怕,地不怕
  • 天才
  • 天差地远
  • 天长地久
  • 天长日久
  • 天朝
  • 天成
  • 天秤座
  • 天窗, 天窗儿
  • 天从人愿
  • 天打雷轰
  • 天大
  • 天道
  • 天敌
  • 天底下
  • 天地
  • 天地会
  • 天地头
  • 天顶
  • 天鹅
  • 天鹅绒
  • 天鹅座
  • 天翻地覆
  • 天方
  • 天分
  • 天府之国
  • 天赋
  • 天干
  • 天高地厚
  • 天高皇帝远
  • 天高气爽
  • 天各一方
  • 天公
  • 天公地道
  • 天光
  • 天癸
  • 天国
  • 天寒地冻
  • 天河
  • 天黑
  • 天候
  • 天花
  • 天花板
  • 天花乱坠
  • 天荒地老
  • 天皇
  • 天昏地暗
  • 天火
  • 天机
  • 天极
  • 天际
  • 天骄
  • 天经地义

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Middle Chinese

Han character

(*then)


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Vietnamese

Han character

(thiên, yêu)

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