天 — cheon

Parts that make up 天

How 天 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 天 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 大, 丁.

Korean example words with 天

• 동천東天 Korean gloss: 동쪽 하늘
• 서천西天 Korean gloss: 서쪽 하늘
• 천의天意 Korean gloss: 임금의 뜻
• 청천靑天 Korean gloss: 푸른 하늘
• 출천出天 Korean gloss: 하늘이 냄
• 등천登天 Korean gloss: 하늘에 오름
• 천명天命 Korean gloss: 하늘의 명령
• 천수天數 Korean gloss: 타고난 수명
• 천수天壽 Korean gloss: 타고난 수명
• 천우天佑 Korean gloss: 하늘의 도움
• 천질天質 Korean gloss: 타고난 성질
• 천총天寵 Korean gloss: 임금의 총애

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 天

• 天皇てんのう Emperor of Japan
• 天てん sky; heaven; God
• 天気てんき weather; fair weather; fine weather
• 天皇陛下てんのうへいか His Majesty the Emperor
• 天井てんじょう ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
• 天然てんねん nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
• 天候てんこう weather
• 天然ガスてんねんガス natural gas
• 天国てんごく paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
• 天下りあまくだり retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order
• 天才てんさい genius; prodigy; natural gift
• 天理てんり natural laws; rule of heaven

Characters sharing the phonetic 天

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “천”

Other hanja with radical 大