Character · Nature
天
てん tenてんか tenkaそうてん sōtenあまのがわ amanogawa
sky, heaven
Composition
Origin
The person with open arms 大 topped by a stroke marking what is above the head: the sky.
In the thoughts
- 天下tenkathe whole world
- 蒼天sōtenblue sky
- 天河amanogawaMilky Way
Proverbs carrying this character
- 110 雪は天から送られた手紙である Snow is a letter sent from the sky.
- 126 一葉落ちて天下の秋を知る One leaf falls, and we know autumn is coming to the world.
- 138 雲外蒼天 Beyond the clouds, blue sky.
- 213 荒海や佐渡によこたふ天河 Wild sea — stretched over Sado Island, the River of Heaven.
- 298 天は人の上に人を造らず人の下に人を造らず Heaven creates no man above other men, nor any man below.