King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Chinese symbol for “skylight”

天窗
tiān chuāng
hatchway; skylight; sun roof

The closest CC-CEDICT match for skylight is 天窗 (tiān chuāng), defined as: hatchway; skylight; sun roof.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

天 tiān
sky, heaven; god, celestial
radical 37 ⼤ · 4 strokes
窗 chuāng
window
radical 116 ⽳ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “skylight”

WordPinyinMeaning
天井tiān jǐngcourtyard; atrium

Related words

Other words that share a character with 天窗.

WordPinyinMeaning
今天jīn tiāntoday; the present time; now
每天měi tiānevery day
明天míng tiāntomorrow
几天 (幾天)jǐ tiānseveral days
昨天zuó tiānyesterday
天下tiān xiàland under heaven; the whole world
窗口chuāng kǒuwindow; opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window)
窗户 (窗戶)chuāng huwindow; 个 (gè),扇 (shàn)

See also: Japanese symbol for “skylight”.

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.