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Kanji for Heaven
The kanji for “heaven” is 天, read ten and written in 4 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
天
heaven
The heavens and the sky.
4 strokes On reading テン (ten) Kun reading あまつ、あめ、あま (amatsu, ame, ama) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: heavens, sky, imperial
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ama, ten
In Japan it appears in about 453 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 天: Amal 天瑠 · Amalia 天里安
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