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

14 strokes
Radical:
net 网 (罒, ⺲, 罓, ⺳)
Parts:
Variants:
penalty, punishment
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1220 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 罰 【バツ】 punishment, penalty
  • 罰一 【バツイチ】 being once divorced, one-time divorcee, one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
  • 賞罰 【ショウバツ】 reward and punishment
  • 冥罰 【ミョウバツ】 retribution, divine punishment
  • 罰 【バチ】 (divine) punishment, curse, retribution
  • 罰当たり 【バチアタリ】 damned, cursed, accursed
  • 仏罰 【ブツバチ】 punishment by Buddha, divine retribution

Kun reading compounds

  • 罰する 【ばっする】 to punish, to penalize, to penalise

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fa2
Korean:
beol

Spanish

  • pena
  • castigo

Portuguese

  • penalidade
  • punição

French

  • punition
  • châtiment
1709 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1374 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3646 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
936 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1654 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
886 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
907 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1317 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1467 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3228 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1675 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2266 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
841 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28315 Morohashi
2613 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4647 New Nelson (John Haig)
833 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
896 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1726 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3643 2001 Kanji
5g9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-9 SKIP code
6062.0 Four corner code
1-40-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7f70 Unicode hex code