Word details

天

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 天.

Dictionary

Entry

天てんNounFreq #1616
1

sky

Examples
彼は天を仰いだ。
He looked up at the sky.
2

Christianity

heaven

Examples
縁組は天でなされる。
Marriage is made in heaven.
3

God

4

Buddhism

svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth)

5

Buddhism

deva (divine being of Buddhism)

6

top (of a book)

7

sole (of a Japanese sandal)

8

beginning; start

9

Abbreviation

tempura

10

Abbreviation; Obsolete term

India

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

天

heavens, sky, imperial

4 strokesFrequency 512JLPT N4Grade 1

On

テン

Kun

あまつあめあま-

Nanori

あきあもたたかしてなま

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