Chinese Character 天 Meanings and components.

Form

天

Meaning

天 meaning^[3] in English

Day.

Sky.

Heaven.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 天 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are one (一) , and big (大)

Its radical^[1] is: 大 (da4) which means: Big, Huge, Large, Major, Great, Wide, Deep, Older (Than), Oldest, Eldest, Greatly, Very Much, (Dialect) Father, Father's Elder Or Younger Brother, .大da4big

In cangjie it is written with MK

How to write 天

To write天tian1day you should write a combination of 一yi1one , 大da4big arranged in a + shape:

一 + 大 = 天

天 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 天 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 天, looks as follow:

天

Pinyin:tian1 Shape:+

Meaning^[3]: Day . Sky . Heaven

一

Pinyin:yi1

Meaning^[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

大

Pinyin:da4

Meaning^[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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