天 means “heaven, sky”

てん · ten

Also: heavens, imperial

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

あまつ, あめ, あま-

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

テン

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The story

A figure stands with arms spread wide beneath the vast sky: 天 is the canopy above all things. In Japanese, 天気 (tenki) is the weather, literally "the mood of heaven."

Used in 天気 (tenki, weather) and 天国 (tengoku, heaven)

Words with 天

• 天気 (てんき, tenki): weather
• 天気 (てんき, tenki): weather
• 晴天 (せいてん, seiten): fine weather

More from Weather & Sky

• 星 star
• 晴 clear weather
• 曇 cloudy
• 降 fall
• 暑 hot (weather)
• 寒 cold (weather)
• 温 warm
• 冷 cold
• 涼 cool
• 熱 heat
• 吹 blow
• 虹 rainbow

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.