Read Edit View history 天 tiān HSK1 sky Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a person (大) with an emphasized head. Based on the original meaning "head". The meaning later shifted to "top", "high", and "sky". Pinyin Separate values with commas tiān ×tian × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a head. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 天 Simp strokes 天 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a person. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 天 Simp strokes 天 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 天 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 326, 698 ], [ 350, 691 ], [ 403, 691 ], [ 654, 741 ], [ 700, 747 ], [ 727, 744 ] ], [ [ 179, 421 ], [ 204, 414 ], [ 238, 414 ], [ 519, 462 ], [ 749, 490 ], [ 800, 484 ], [ 839, 472 ] ], [ [ 438, 664 ], [ 485, 643 ], [ 491, 633 ], [ 466, 401 ], [ 450, 336 ], [ 424, 268 ], [ 394, 216 ], [ 340, 158 ], [ 212, 87 ], [ 134, 63 ] ], [ [ 505, 431 ], [ 510, 408 ], [ 533, 366 ], [ 596, 270 ], [ 714, 122 ], [ 771, 78 ], [ 947, 35 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 499 681 Q 581 697 671 713 Q 726 725 734 732 Q 744 741 739 750 Q 732 763 699 773 Q 666 780 562 747 Q 439 719 336 709 Q 294 703 324 684 Q 369 659 430 668 L 499 681 Z", "M 509 439 Q 615 454 771 455 Q 843 455 848 465 Q 854 478 836 493 Q 781 532 739 524 Q 652 505 506 478 L 447 470 Q 323 452 181 432 Q 159 429 175 411 Q 208 381 250 391 Q 340 416 442 430 L 509 439 Z", "M 506 478 Q 512 583 534 637 Q 540 650 530 658 Q 518 670 499 681 C 474 698 413 693 430 668 Q 455 637 455 606 Q 454 531 447 470 L 442 430 Q 412 253 320 176 Q 232 113 145 75 Q 130 71 127 66 Q 121 60 138 57 Q 214 51 362 143 Q 390 167 413 194 Q 470 267 494 405 L 506 478 Z", "M 494 405 Q 629 144 722 51 Q 740 33 762 31 Q 847 30 920 27 Q 951 26 952 33 Q 953 42 920 59 Q 752 134 710 180 Q 601 294 515 430 Q 511 434 509 439 C 493 464 473 446 494 405 Z" ] } 4 strokes 天 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 321, 697 ], [ 411, 692 ], [ 735, 748 ] ], [ [ 173, 423 ], [ 232, 414 ], [ 737, 489 ], [ 845, 478 ] ], [ [ 439, 667 ], [ 493, 633 ], [ 457, 364 ], [ 412, 245 ], [ 315, 143 ], [ 134, 65 ] ], [ [ 503, 432 ], [ 610, 250 ], [ 725, 111 ], [ 791, 71 ], [ 944, 38 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M499,681C553,692 611,702 671,713C707,721 728,728 734,732C740,738 742,745 739,750C734,760 720,768 699,773C676,779 632,766 562,747C480,726 404,717 336,709C307,706 303,697 324,684C353,668 389,661 430,668C476,677 476,677 499,681Z", "M509,439C568,447 667,455 771,455C819,456 844,459 848,465C852,474 847,485 836,493C798,521 766,530 739,524C680,512 592,493 506,479C467,473 467,473 447,470C399,463 275,446 181,432C166,430 162,424 175,411C195,392 222,384 250,391C310,407 374,421 442,430C487,436 487,436 509,439Z", "M506,479C517,549 519,602 534,637C537,646 535,653 530,658C520,666 511,674 499,681C479,693 416,687 430,668C446,648 455,627 455,606C454,556 452,511 447,470C444,443 444,443 442,430C427,312 383,226 320,176C263,132 203,99 145,75C135,71 129,69 127,66C123,62 126,57 138,57C221,60 342,106 413,194C451,243 479,313 494,405C502,454 502,454 506,479Z", "M494,405C584,231 660,113 722,51C734,39 747,32 762,31C823,29 865,28 920,27C940,27 951,29 952,33C952,39 942,49 920,59C808,110 738,151 710,180C637,258 573,339 509,439C497,460 483,426 494,405Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.