天

day; sky; heaven

4 strokes Dict coverage rank #22 U+5929

Ideographic compound (会意字)

The heavens 一 above a man 大

components: 一大

heavens · Heisig RSH #436

ceiling + St. Bernard dog — as a component also called: heavens

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 天 as their sound component

These characters all use 天 (tiān) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
天 sound component	tiān	sky, heaven; god, celestial
吞	tūn	to absorb, to annex; to engulf; to swallow
蚕	cán	silkworm
忝	tiǎn	shame, disgrace; self-depreciation

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
天子	tiān zǐ	the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
天山区	Tiān shān Qū	Tianshan, a district of Ürümqi City 烏魯木齊市\|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4], Xinjiang
天人	tiān rén	Man and Heaven; celestial being
天大	tiān dà	gargantuan; as big as the sky; enormous
天心区	Tiān xīn Qū	Tianxin, a district of Changsha City 長沙市\|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 Shi4], Hunan
天水市	Tiān shuǐ Shì	Tianshui, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省\|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]
天山	Tiān Shān	Tian Shan, mountain range straddling the border between China and Kyrgyzstan
天山	Tiān shān	see 天山區\|天山区[Tian1 shan1 Qu1]
天国	tiān guó	Kingdom of Heaven
天水	Tiān shuǐ	see 天水市[Tian1 shui3 Shi4]
天头	tiān tóu	the upper margin of a page
头天	tóu tiān	yesterday; previous day; first day
中天	zhōng tiān	(literary) midheaven; highest point in the sky; (astronomy) culmination; transit across th…
大白天	dà bái tiān	in broad daylight
天心	Tiān xīn	see 天心區\|天心区[Tian1 xin1 Qu1]
天心	tiān xīn	center of the sky; will of heaven; will of the Gods; the monarch's will
天生	tiān shēng	nature; disposition; innate; natural
天地	tiān dì	heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity
天儿	tiān r	the weather
天天	tiān tiān	every day