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天

4 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
一 二 大
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

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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

地

6 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
土 也
ground, earth
On:
チ、 ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
40 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 地 【チ】 earth, ground, land, soil, place, territory, bottom (of a package, book, etc.), earth (one of the five elements)
  • 地位 【チイ】 (social) position, status, standing, position (in a company, organization, etc.), post, rank
  • 奥地 【オクチ】 interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
  • 対地 【タイチ】 towards the ground, with respect to the ground, ground (speed, attack, etc.)
  • 地 【ジ】 ground, land, earth, soil, the region in question, the local area, skin, texture, fabric, material, weave, base, background, one's true nature, narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story), real life, actuality, captured territory, noh chorus, accompaniment music (in Japanese dance), basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive), base part (of multiple shamisens)
  • 地合い 【ジアイ】 texture (cloth, fabric, paper), market tone, undertone, balance between the position of white and black stones
  • 下地 【シタジ】 groundwork, foundation, inclination, aptitude, elementary knowledge (of), grounding (in), undercoat, first coat, soy sauce
  • 築地 【ツイジ】 mud wall with a roof, roofed mud wall

Readings

Japanese names:
どま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di4, de5
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • suelo
  • tierra
  • terreno
  • posición

Portuguese

  • terra
  • chão

French

  • sol
  • terre
111 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
184 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
167 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
40 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1056 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
143 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
143 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
241 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
118 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
118 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
146 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
367 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
236 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
181 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
521 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4890 Morohashi
204 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
976 New Nelson (John Haig)
515 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
554 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
45 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
130 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1456 2001 Kanji
3b3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
4411.2 Four corner code
1-35-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5730 Unicode hex code

晦

10 strokes (also 11)
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
日 毋 母 乞
dark, disappear
Kun:
つごもり、 くら.い、 みそか、 くら.む
On:
カイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

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On reading compounds

  • 三十日 【ミソカ】 last day of the month
  • 晦朔 【カイサク】 last and first days of the month
  • 韜晦 【トウカイ】 concealing one's talents, status, intentions, etc., maintaining a strict incognito, self-effacement
  • 自己韜晦 【ジコトウカイ】 concealing one's talents, position, status, intentions, etc.

Kun reading compounds

  • 三十日 【みそか】 last day of the month
  • 大晦 【おおつごもり】 the last day of the year, New Year's Eve
  • 三十日 【みそか】 last day of the month
  • 三十日蕎麦 【みそかそば】 soba eaten at the end of the month (esp. at the end of the year)
  • 眩む 【くらむ】 to be dazzled by, to be dizzied by, to be disoriented by, to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.), to become dark

Readings

Japanese names:
もり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui4
Korean:
hoe

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2135 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1196 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
864 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
13960X Morohashi
2454 New Nelson (John Haig)
2452 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2527 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4c7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
6805.7 Four corner code
1-19-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6666 Unicode hex code

冥

10 strokes
Radical:
cover 冖
Parts:
亠 ハ 冖 日
dark
Kun:
くら.い
On:
メイ、 ミョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2349 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 冥福 【メイフク】 happiness in the next world, heavenly bliss
  • 瞑想 【メイソウ】 meditation (with closed eyes), contemplation
  • 晦冥 【カイメイ】 darkness
  • 天地晦冥 【テンチカイメイ】 the world is covered in darkness, all is plunged into darkness
  • 冥福 【メイフク】 happiness in the next world, heavenly bliss
  • 冥利 【ミョウリ】 providence, luck, favor, favour, advantage

Kun reading compounds

  • 暗い 【くらい】 dark, gloomy, murky, depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood), dark (in colour), dull, ill-boding, dark (e.g. past), suspicious, unlikely (to succeed), hopeless, unpromising, unfamiliar (with), ignorant (of)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ming2
Korean:
myeong

Spanish

  • oscuro
  • incomprensible
  • profundo
  • el más allá

Portuguese

French

630 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1158 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1522 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2613 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1810 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1588 Morohashi
405 New Nelson (John Haig)
2841 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
322 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2i8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-8 SKIP code
3780.0 Four corner code
1-44-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
51a5 Unicode hex code