Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
heavens, sky, imperial
Kun:
あまつあめあま-
On:
テン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
512 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 天 【テン】 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, India
  • 天下 【テンカ】 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, incomparable, superlative, world-famous, shogun (Edo period)
  • 炎天 【エンテン】 blazing heat, scorching sun
  • 楽天 【ラクテン】 optimism

Kun reading compounds

  • 天津 【あまつ】 heavenly, imperial
  • 天津乙女 【あまつおとめ】 celestial maiden
  • 天 【あめ】 sky
  • 天地 【てんち】 heaven and earth, the universe, the world, nature, land, world, realm, sphere, top and bottom, gods of heaven and earth

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あも、 た、 たかし、 て、 なま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tian1
Korean:
cheon

Spanish

  • paraíso
  • cielo
  • imperial

Portuguese

  • paraíso
  • ceú
  • imperiais

French

  • cieux
  • ciel
  • impérial
119 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
67 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
58 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
364 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
16 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
78 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
93 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
141 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
141 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
462 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
410 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4250 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2148 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2898 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
435 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5833 Morohashi
3442 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1138 New Nelson (John Haig)
428 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
457 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
277 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
34 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3163 2001 Kanji
0a4.21 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
1043.0 Four corner code
1-37-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5929 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
hermit, wizard, cent
On:
センセント
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1157 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 仙 【セン】 hermit, wizard, wizardry
  • 仙 【セント】 cent (monetary unit)
  • 水仙 【スイセン】 daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis), narcissus
  • 黄水仙 【キズイセン】 jonquil (Narcissus jonquilla)
  • 仙 【セント】 cent (monetary unit)
  • 仙洞御所 【セントウゴショ】 palace of a retired emperor

Readings

Japanese names:
そま、 のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian1
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • ermitaño

Portuguese

  • Eremita
  • mago
  • centavo

French

  • ermite
  • magicien
  • centime
  • sacrum
1490 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1025 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
359 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1959 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1036 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
228 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1891 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2064 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1880 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
59 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
36 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
20 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
20 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
995 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
374 Morohashi
32 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
120 New Nelson (John Haig)
986 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1061 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1038 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2176 2001 Kanji
2a3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-3 SKIP code
2227.0 Four corner code
1-32-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ed9 Unicode hex code