天 — Chinese character
天
tiān
sky, heaven; god, celestial
- Pinyin
- tiān
- Radical
- 37 ⼤ (Big)
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- 一 大
- Formation
- ideographic — The heavens 一 above a man 大
- Japanese
- 天 as a kanji
Common words with 天
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; the present time; now |
| 每天 | měi tiān | every day |
| 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 几天 (幾天) | jǐ tiān | several days |
| 昨天 | zuó tiān | yesterday |
| 天下 | tiān xià | land under heaven; the whole world |
| 天天 | tiān tiān | every day |
| 天气 (天氣) | tiān qì | weather |
| 当天 (當天) | dāng tiān | on that day |
| 当天 (當天) | dàng tiān | the same day |
| 夏天 | xià tiān | summer; 个 (gè) |
| 天堂 | tiān táng | paradise; heaven |
English words written with 天
天 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 91 · Analects 49 · Art of War 18 · I Ching 8 · Mencius 292 · Zhuangzi 673 · Great Learning 9 · Doctrine of the Mean 67
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 5
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 6
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 7
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 9
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 10
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 13
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