1234
Keyword
heaven
  • heavens
  • sky
  • imperial
Frequency
#512
Strokes
4
Grade
1
JLPT (old)
N4
Heisig
457
Readings
テン93%
あま7%
Mnemonic
A large man spreads his arms wide, one line floating over his head like a halo, reaching toward heaven.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
天てん
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal); beginning; start; tempura
Noun
天皇てんのう
Emperor of Japan
Noun
天てん才さい
genius; prodigy; natural gift
Noun
天てん気き
weather; fair weather; fine weather
Noun
天てん然ねん
nature; spontaneity
Noun
天てん国ごく
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
Noun
天皇てんのう陛へい下か
His Majesty the Emperor
Noun
天てん井じょう
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
Noun
天てん下か
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power; having one's own way; doing as one pleases; peerless; …
Noun
天皇てんのう制せい
the Emperor System
Noun
天あま下くだり
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; imposition; descent from heaven
Noun
天てん神じん
heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); tenjin hairstyle; prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period); tuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen)
Noun
天てん理り
natural laws; rule of heaven
Noun
お天てん気き
weather; mood; temper
Noun
天てん気き予よ報ほう
weather forecast; weather report
Noun
歩ほ行こう者しゃ天てん国ごく
pedestrian mall; car-free mall; pedestrian paradise
Noun
先せん天てん性せい
hereditary; congenital
No-adjective
天てんぷら
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
Noun
天てん然ねん記き念ねん物ぶつ
natural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)
Noun
天てん体たい
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
Noun