Mnemonic comic for 天

Translation

tiān = ti + an1: day / sky / heaven

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: an angel from heaven. Mother Teresa (ti) programmed a robot (大) to play a flute duet together with her in front of the anthill (an1). As they play their flutes (一) an angel (mnemonic symbol for 天) hears their heavenly tune and descends from heaven (天) to listen to them.

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天 character breakdown

天
- 一
- 大
  - 一
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏

Component Translations

一

yī = y + Ø1

one / 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

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

大

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

Characters with 天 as component

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吴

吳

wú = w + Ø2

surname Wu / area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai / name of states in Southern China at different historical periods

吞

tūn = tu + (e)n1

to swallow / to take

关

關

guān = gu + an1

mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve

Words with 天

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今

jīn

天

tiān

today / at the present / now

明

míng

天

tiān

tomorrow

昨

zuó

天

tiān

yesterday

Sentences with 天

俺

ǎn

老

lǎo

孙

sūn

上

shàng

天

tiān

入

rù

地

dì

无

wú

所

suǒ

不

bù

能

néng

I can fly up to heaven and burrow into the deepest ground.

Prompt snippets

The angel is a otherworldly woman with large, iridescent white feathered wings extending from its back, wearing a flowing, seamless robe of matte ivory silk. Its skin has a smooth, porcelain-like texture, and it features sharp, symmetrical facial features and shoulder-length, metallic gold hair.