Memory phrase for the character: 天

天

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Meaning

heaven, sky, paradise

Pronunciation

TEN
ame, ama-

Explanation

 A big 大 person with the sky 一 above him

Mnemonic
 
As wide as the spread arms of the big 大 person is: the sky.

Radicals

大 bigA person 人 with wide spread arms 一 and legs appears big.
天 heaven, skyNote the direction of the stroke in this variant 夭, which goes at the upper stroke from right to left and then has the meaning “early death.”




 Vocabulary

天 てん  heaven, sky
天才 てんさい  genius, prodigy, natural gift
晴天 せいてん  fine weather
雨天 うてん  rainy weather
天災 てんさい  natural calamity, disaster
天然 てんねん  nature, spontaneity
天気予報 てんきよほう  weather forecast
天国 てんごく  paradise, heaven, Kingdom of Heaven
天の川 あまのがわ  Milky Way

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