What does the kanji 天 mean?

The kanji 天 (amatsu) means "heavens, sky, imperial". It is a JLPT N5 character.

What kanji is "amatsu"?

"amatsu" is written with the kanji 天, meaning "heavens, sky, imperial". Its readings are onyomi (Chinese-derived) てん (ten), kunyomi (native Japanese) あまつ (amatsu). It is a JLPT N5 character.

How do you write the kanji 天?

Write 天 ("heavens") by following the correct stroke order. Use the interactive, step-by-step stroke order animation on this page to practise each stroke in sequence and build muscle memory.

What are the readings of 天?

天 has these readings: onyomi (Chinese-derived) てん (ten), kunyomi (native Japanese) あまつ (amatsu).

天“heavens” Kanjiamatsu / ten

JLPT N5

How to write 天

天 (heavens) kanji stroke order diagram with numbered strokes

Meaning and readings

Meaning

heavens, sky, imperial

Onyomi (音読み)

てん ten

Chinese reading

Kunyomi (訓読み)

あまつ amatsu

Japanese reading

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Example sentences using 天

Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.

天気てんきがよければ行いきます。
I will go, provided the weather is clear.
天気 (てんき)
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どうすれば天国てんごくに行いけるのでしょうか。
How can I get to heaven?
天国 (てんごく)
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これがいわゆる「天てんぷら」というものです。
This is what we call "tempura".
天ぷら (てんぷら)
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Read 天 in a story

Short Japanese comics written so that every word in them is JLPT N5. One of them teaches this character — the match is on the words an episode teaches, not every character in its dialogue.