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天 あまつ、あめ、あま- heavens, sky, imperial 5 512 4 37 だい・おおきい 象形 Pictographic If you think of the sky as a ceiling above our heads, here you have the heavens as the largest ceiling you could ever imagine. As Heisig pointed out, nothing comes above the ceiling primitive thus the order of primitives is taken care of.

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テン あき, あも, た, たかし, て, なま 天皇(てんのう): Emperor of Japan天(てん): (1) sky (2) heaven (3) svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth) (4) deva (divine being of Buddhism)天気(てんき): (1) weather; the elements (2) fair weather; fine weather天井(てんじょう): ceiling; ceiling price天然(てんねん): (1) nature; spontaneity (2) natural airhead天候(てんこう): weather天国(てんごく): paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven天才(てんさい): genius; prodigy; natural gift天下(てんか): (1) the whole world (2) the whole country (3) society; the public (4) supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power (5) having one's own way; doing as one pleases (6) peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous (7) shogun (Edo period)天体(てんたい): heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object雨天(うてん): rainy weather晴天(せいてん): fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies天災(てんさい): natural calamity; disaster天地(てんち): (1) heaven and earth; the universe; nature; top and bottom; realm; sphere; world (2) top and bottom (3) gods of heaven and earth先天的(せんてんてき): a priori; inborn; innate; inherent; congenital; hereditary天気予報(てんきよほう): weather forecast; weather report天辺(てっぺん): top; summit; apex; peak天津(あまつ): heavenly; imperial 1 一: one; one radical (no.1)大: large; big 大 3 (none) heavens The ceiling that all large dogs aspire to go to is known as heaven. After all, All Dogs Go to Heaven.

Kanji	天
Onyomi	テン
Kunyomi	あまつ、あめ、あま-
Nanori	あき, あも, た, たかし, て, なま
English	heavens, sky, imperial
Examples	天皇(てんのう): Emperor of Japan 天(てん): (1) sky (2) heaven (3) svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth) (4) deva (divine being of Buddhism) 天気(てんき): (1) weather; the elements (2) fair weather; fine weather 天井(てんじょう): ceiling; ceiling price 天然(てんねん): (1) nature; spontaneity (2) natural airhead 天候(てんこう): weather 天国(てんごく): paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven 天才(てんさい): genius; prodigy; natural gift 天下(てんか): (1) the whole world (2) the whole country (3) society; the public (4) supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power (5) having one's own way; doing as one pleases (6) peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous (7) shogun (Edo period) 天体(てんたい): heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object 雨天(うてん): rainy weather 晴天(せいてん): fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies 天災(てんさい): natural calamity; disaster 天地(てんち): (1) heaven and earth; the universe; nature; top and bottom; realm; sphere; world (2) top and bottom (3) gods of heaven and earth 先天的(せんてんてき): a priori; inborn; innate; inherent; congenital; hereditary 天気予報(てんきよほう): weather forecast; weather report 天辺(てっぺん): top; summit; apex; peak 天津(あまつ): heavenly; imperial
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	1
Frequency	512
Components	一: one; one radical (no.1) 大: large; big
Number of Strokes	4
Kanji Radical	大
Radical Number	37
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	だい・おおきい
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	heavens
Koohii Story 1	If you think of the sky as a ceiling above our heads, here you have the heavens as the largest ceiling you could ever imagine. As Heisig pointed out, nothing comes above the ceiling primitive thus the order of primitives is taken care of.
Koohii Story 2	The ceiling that all large dogs aspire to go to is known as heaven. After all, All Dogs Go to Heaven.

Weather Ceiling Heaven Fair Natural Imperial Sky Fine