天

Meanings: heaven, sky

On Readings: テン ten

Kun Readings: あま ama, あめ ame

Most Used Pronunciation: ten
JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji)

Grade: 1

Kanji Part: 大

Stroke Number: 4

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Common jukugo
天の川 - あま　の　がわ ama no gawa - Milky Way
天気 - てん　き ten ki - weather
天気予報 - てん　き　よ　ほう ten ki yo hou - weather forecast
天皇 - てん　のう ten nou - emperor (of Japan)
天才 - てん　さい ten sai - genius, very smart
天国 - てん　ごく ten goku - heaven, paradise
天候 - てん　こう ten kou - weather
荒天 - こう　てん kou ten - stormy weather
天才 - てん　さい ten sai - (person of) genius
天使 - てんし ten shi - angel

Useful Examples
Japanese: 最近天気が悪い。
Romaji: saikin tenki ga warui.
English: Recently, the weather has been terrible.

Japanese: 今日はいい天気です。
Romaji: kyou wa ii tenki desu.
English: It's nice weather today.

Japanese: 雨天の場合にはお電話下さい。
Romaji: uten no baai ni wa odenwa kudasai.
English: In case of rain telephone me.

Look alike kanji
大

Notes/Mnemonic
Heaven is BIGGER than the kanji for big (大), therefore there is a line above it

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.