天

tiān

t+iān·1st tone

day · sky

Radical: 大 Strokes: 4 HSK 1

Structure: Single componentFrequency: Most common

Same radical

大头夫失太奇夷奉夺奏套奥

Same radical

大头夫失太奇夷奉夺奏套奥奔夹契

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Character Decomposition

天=一+大

Etymology

The heavens 一 above a man 大

Meanings

day

sky

heaven

tiān

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Words with 天 2178 total

daytime · during the day · day · CL: gè白天bái tiān old name for Shenyang in modern Liaoning province奉天Fèng tiān night; nightfall黑天hēi tiān paradise · heavenly or beautiful place · fairyland洞天dòng tiān to reach the upper limit顶天dǐng tiān clear sky昊天hào tiān the ninth heaven; the highest of the heavens九天jiǔ tiān to make astronomical observation测天cè tiān God · Heavens老天lǎo tiān flying Apsara (Buddhist art)飞天fēi tiān winter冬天dōng tiān (lit. and fig.) to soar; to shoot upwards冲天chōng tiān (coll.) all day long · all the time成天chéng tiān

Idioms with 天 764 total Chain

all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice暗无天日àn wú tiān rì (idiom) to raise one's head and look towards the heavens · (idiom) arrogant; haughty昂首天外áng shǒu tiān wài

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