Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 8
天 heaven, sky
- Meaning
- heaven, sky
- On reading
- テン
- Kun reading
- あま
Memory hook
大 (big) with a line drawn over the top: a big person with the sky sketched above their head. テン. 天気 tenki, the weather.
Words that use 天
天気
てんき
weather
天国
てんごく
heaven
How to write 天
Stroke order · 4 strokes
1
2
3
4
- 1. The horizontal across the top.
- 2. The horizontal across the middle.
- 3. The sweep down to the left.
- 4. The diagonal down to the right.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
天 is taught on day 16 of the kanji course, alongside 気 雨 空, with two writing passes and a short quiz.