Chinese symbol for “astronomy”
天文
tiān wén
astronomy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for astronomy is 天文 (tiān wén), defined as: astronomy.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “astronomy”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 天文.
| 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 |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; civilization |
| 文章 | wén zhāng | article; essay |
See also: Japanese symbol for “astronomy”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.