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Kanji Information Sheet for 天 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info:
一 (いち) – one
大 (だい) – big
一 (いち) – one
大 (だい) – big
Henshall Mnemonic: person's head is closest part to heaven
Levels: JLPT N5 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 1
Frequency: #512 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #512 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
JLPT N2 Words
JLPT N1 Words
- 雨天 [うてん]
(n) rainy weather [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天井 [てんじょう]
(n) ceiling; ceiling price [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天辺 [てっぺん]
(n) top; summit; apex; scalp [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天下 [てんか]
(n) the world; whole country; descent from heaven; having one's own way; the public; the ruling power [K] [D] [Jisho] - 先天的 [せんてんてき]
(adj-na,n) a priori; inborn; innate; inherent; congenital; hereditary [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天国 [てんごく]
(n) paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天才 [てんさい]
(n) genius; prodigy; natural gift [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天災 [てんさい]
(n) natural calamity; disaster [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天体 [てんたい]
(n) heavenly body [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天地 [あめつち]
(n) heaven and earth; the universe; nature; top and bottom; realm; sphere; world [K] [D] [Jisho] - 晴天 [せいてん]
(n) fine weather [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天 [てん]
(n) heaven; sky [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 楽天家 [らくてんか]
(n) optimist; easy-going person [K] [D] [Jisho] - 楽天的 [らくてんてき]
(adj-na,n) optimistic [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天の河 [あまのがわ]
(n) Milky Way [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天の川 [あまのがわ]
(n) Milky Way [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天文 [てんもん]
(n) astronomy [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天文学 [てんもんがく]
(n) astronomy [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天文台 [てんもんだい]
(n) astronomical observatory [K] [D] [Jisho] - 任天堂 [にんてんどう]
Nintendo (video game company) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天下り [あまくだり]
(n) retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天理 [てんり]
(n) natural laws; rule of heaven [K] [D] [Jisho] - 摩天楼 [まてんろう]
(n) skyscraper [K] [D] [Jisho] - 吉祥天 [きっしょうてん]
(n) (Buddh) goddess [K] [D] [Jisho] - 炎天 [えんてん]
(n) blazing heat; scorching sun [K] [D] [Jisho] - 仰天 [ぎょうてん]
(n,vs) being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天皇制 [てんのうせい]
(n) the Emperor System [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天皇陛下 [てんのうへいか]
(n) His Majesty the Emperor [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天使 [てんし]
(n) angel [K] [D] [Jisho] - 後天的 [こうてんてき]
(adj-na,n) a posteriori [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天寿 [てんじゅ]
(n) natural span of life [K] [D] [Jisho] - 歩行者天国 [ほこうしゃてんごく]
pedestrian mall; car-free mall [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天神 [あまつかみ]
(n) heavenly gods; Michizane's spirit [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天性 [てんせい]
(n-adv,n-t) nature; natural constitution; innate disposition [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天然ガス [てんねんガス]
(n) natural gas [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天然記念物 [てんねんきねんぶつ]
(n) natural monument [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天然痘 [てんねんとう]
(n) smallpox; variola [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.