Japanese symbol for “astronomical”

天文学的

てんもんがくてき

Romaji: tenmongakuteki

astronomical

In Japanese, astronomical is 天文学的, read てんもんがくてき (tenmongakuteki).

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Meanings

adj-na astronomical

Kanji and stroke order

天

heavens, sky, imperial

on: テン
kun: あまつ、あめ、あま-

4 strokes · JLPT 4

文

sentence, literature, style

on: ブン、モン
kun: ふみ、あや

4 strokes · JLPT 3

学

study, learning, science

on: ガク
kun: まな.ぶ

8 strokes · JLPT 4

的

bull's eye, mark, target

on: テキ
kun: まと

8 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
天皇	てんのう tennou	Emperor of Japan
天気	てんき tenki	weather
天才	てんさい tensai	genius; prodigy; natural gift
天然	てんねん tennen	nature; spontaneity
天国	てんごく tengoku	paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
天井	てんじょう tenjou	ceiling
文化	ぶんか bunka	culture; civilization; civilisation
文字	もじ moji	letter (of an alphabet); character
学校	がっこう gakkou	school
目的	もくてき mokuteki	purpose; goal; aim

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.