天
See also 夭
Translingual
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Etymology
A top line representing the level above a man with outstretched arms (大).
Han character
天 (radical 37 大+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一大 (MK), four-corner 10430, composition ⿱一大)
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
Japanese
Kanji
Noun
天 (hiragana てん, romaji ten): also see Deva
- heaven; the sky
- Buddhist term, literally meaning: "heaven", referring to one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhist cosmology.
Readings
Compounds
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Related terms
Derived terms
- 天照大神/天照大御神 (Amaterasu-ōmikami): lit. the "great goddess, Amaterasu ('illuminating heaven')"
- 天神地祇 (ちぎ): lit. the "gods of heaven and earth"
- 天霊 (ten rei): lit. a "heavenly spirit" -- the spirit of a god or of a heavenly-being
Synonyms
See also
- 修羅 (Shura) Asura (Demi-God/Demon's) realm of Buddhism
- 人間 (Ningen) Manuṣya (Human's) realm of Buddhism
- 畜生 (Chikushō) Tiryagyoni (Animal's) realm of Buddhism
- 餓鬼 (Gaki) Preta (Hungry Ghost's) realm of Buddhism
- 奈落 (Naraku) Hell realm of Buddhism
Noun
Derived terms
Noun
Korean
Hanja
天
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 천 (revised: cheon, McCune-Reischauer: ch'ŏn)
- Name (hangeul): 하늘()
Synonyms
Antonyms
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
Mandarin
Pronunciation
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Noun
天 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin tiān)
Hanzi
天 (pinyin tiān (tian1), Wade-Giles t'ien1)
