Keyword
heaven
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Kyōiku (1st grade) 
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KankenLevel 10
Heisig457
Readings
てん
(94%)
あま
(2%)
あめ
(1%)
Composed of
one
large
Mnemonic

A pictograph of a large man with outstretched arms, and one line above his head which represents the heaven, which is a plane of existence one level higher that the one the man's currently in.

Do not confuse it with , which looks similar and whose first stroke is written in right-to-left and is slightly curved.

Used in kanji (10 in total)
connected to
send something
play music
blossom
silkworm
majestic plural
fork in a road
abyss
absorb
10th calendar sign
Used in vocabulary (1023 in total)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
Examples (200 in total)
Only he and the heavens know what he experienced.
There are windows on the floor, and doors on the ceiling.
He looked up at the ceiling.