JLPT N5 kanji · 4 strokes · #512 by frequency
天 — Heavens, sky
- Meaning
- Heavens, sky, imperial
- On'yomi (Chinese reading)
- テン
- Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
- あまつあめあま-
- Radical
- 大
Stroke order
4 strokes. The stroke to draw is in red; the previous ones are already in place.
Components
The pieces this kanji is built from. Recognizing them is half of understanding it.
Memory hook
Standing on tiptoe, you make yourself large (大): with a horizontal stroke (一) above your head, you touch the heavens (天).
Kanzen's hook for this kanji. In the app, you can adopt another learner's or write your own.
Common vocabulary
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天 | てん | sky |
| 天下り | あまくだり | retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrativ… |
| 天の下 | あめのした | the whole country, the public, the world |
| 天魚 | あまご | land-locked variety of red-spotted masu trout (Oncorhynchus… |
| 天気 | てんき | weather |
| 天の川 | あまのがわ | Milky Way |
Sources: meanings and readings based on KANJIDIC2 and JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG strokes © Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0) · reading selection, French translations and memory hooks: Kanzen.