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天

Kanji · JLPT N5 · Nature and animals

天 Heavens, Sky, Imperial

On'yomi Chinese-derived reading

てん

Mostly used when 天 combines with other kanji in compound words.

Kun'yomi native Japanese reading

あまつ、あめ、あま-

Mostly used when 天 stands alone.

Strokes
4
JLPT
N5
Taught in
Primary year 1
Frequency
#512

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Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).