天 – heavens, sky, imperial

4 strokesTaught in grade 1#512 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 天 means heavens, sky, imperial. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is テン (ten); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あまつ、あめ、あま- (amatsu, ame, ama). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 大 (no. 37).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	テン	ten
Kun’yomi	あまつ	amatsu
Kun’yomi	あめ	ame
Kun’yomi	あま-	ama

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 大 (Kangxi radical 37). Components: 一・大・二.

Words using 天

天気てんきweather天気予報てんきよほうweather forecast天候てんこうweather天然てんねんnature天皇てんのうEmperor of Japan天てんsky雨天うてんrainy weather天国てんごくparadise天才てんさいgenius天災てんさいnatural disaster天体てんたいheavenly body天地てんちheaven and earth晴天せいてんfine weather (i.e. little or no clouds)天下てんかthe whole world先天的せんてんてきinborn

Example sentences

彼は天気のよい日を利用して壁を塗った。

He took advantage of the fine weather to paint the wall.

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今日が天気ならいいのに。

I wish it were fine today.

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天気予報が当たったよ。

The weather forecast was right.

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Kanji with the same radical

大夫失太央契奪奥奏奇奨奮奉奢

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