天(tiān)

HSK 14 strokes

day

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Character information

Pinyin
tiān
Meaning
day; sky; heaven
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 天 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱一大

The heavens 一 above a man 大

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

一yī大dà

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 天 step by step

4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 天

Common words using 天 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jīn今tiān天
HSK 1

today

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yī一tiān天dào到wǎn晚
HSK 7-9

all day long; the whole day

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xiān先tiān天
HSK 7-9

embryonic period (contrasted with 后天)

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shàng上tiān天

Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die…

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zhōng中tiān天

culmination (astronomy)

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jiǔ九tiān天

the ninth heaven; the highest of the heavens

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yī一shǒu手zhē遮tiān天

lit. to hide the sky with one hand

Open 一手遮天 page →
yī一zhù柱qíng擎tiān天

lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)

Open 一柱擎天 page →

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一七三上下不东两

From 天’s common words

今一到晚先上中九

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