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

9 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
intimidate, dignity, majesty, menace, threaten
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1103 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 威 【イ】 power, authority, might, influence, dignity, majesty
  • 威嚇 【イカク】 threat, intimidation, menace
  • 球威 【キュウイ】 (pitcher's) stuff
  • 国威 【コクイ】 national prestige

Kun reading compounds

  • 脅す 【おどす】 to threaten, to menace, to frighten (into doing)
  • 縅 【おどし】 leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
  • 脅し 【おどし】 threat, bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
  • 糸威 【いとおどし】 binding of plates with colored laces (in traditional suits of armor)
  • 白糸威 【しろいとおどし】 binding of plates with white laces (in traditional suits of armor)
  • 脅かす 【おどかす】 to threaten, to menace, to intimidate, to startle, to frighten, to scare

Readings

Japanese names:
いさ、 たけ、 たけし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei1
Korean:
wi

Spanish

  • dignidad
  • majestad
  • amenazar
  • intimidar
  • fuerza

Portuguese

  • intimidar
  • dignidade
  • majestade
  • ameaça
  • ameaçar

French

  • intimidant
  • dignité
  • majesté
  • menacer
1002 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
982 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1803 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1011 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1194 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1251 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1339 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1422 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1333 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
428 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4394 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2226 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2993 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
370 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6259 Morohashi
3578 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1219 New Nelson (John Haig)
364 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
389 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1243 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1459 2001 Kanji
4n5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
4-9-4 SKIP code
5320.0 Four corner code
1-16-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5a01 Unicode hex code