JLPT N4 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
天 means sky, heaven. It is a JLPT N4 kanji written in 4 strokes, read てん. It is built from 2 parts: 一 (one, one radical (no.1)), 大 (large, big). It appears in 天気 (weather) and 天気予報 (weather forecast).
天 is written in 4 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
天 breaks into 2 parts.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天気 | てんき | weather |
| 天気予報 | てんきよほう | weather forecast |
| 天皇 | てんのう | Emperor of Japan |
These use 一 or 大 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.
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