天 (tiān) · day

天 (tiān) means “day”. It is made of 一 + 大 and has 4 strokes, and is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).

Break 天 into its parts

What 天 is made of

• 一 — horizontal stroke
• 大 dà — big
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 人 rén — person

Origin hint: The heavens 一 above a man 大 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

天 stroke order

Example sentences

Words with 天

• 白天báitiāndaytime
• 半天bàntiānhalf a day
• 后天hòutiānday after tomorrow
• 今天jīntiāntoday
• 明天míngtiāntomorrow
• 前天qiántiānday before yesterday
• 天气tiānqìweather
• 星期天xīngqītiānSunday
• 昨天zuótiānyesterday
• 春天chūntiānspring (season)
• 冬天dōngtiānwinter
• 晴天qíngtiānsunny day
• 秋天qiūtiānautumn
• 天上tiānshàngin the sky
• 夏天xiàtiānsummer
• 阴天yīntiāncloudy day
• 天空tiānkōngsky
• 整天zhěngtiānall day long
• 天真tiānzhēnnaive
• 聊天liáotiānto chat
• 礼拜天lǐbàitiānSunday
• 成天chéngtiānall day long
• 得天独厚détiāndúhòurichly endowed by nature
• 航天hángtiānspaceflight
• 天才tiāncáigenius
• 天赋tiānfùnatural gift
• 天伦之乐tiānlúnzhīlèfamily happiness
• 天然气tiānránqìnatural gas
• 天生tiānshēngborn
• 天堂tiāntángheaven
• 天文tiānwénastronomy
• 聊天儿liáotiānrto chat

Also built with 一

• 七qīseven
• 万wànten thousand
• 丈zhànggentleman
• 三sānthree
• 上shàngon
• 下xiàdown
• 不bùnot
• 与yǔand
• 专zhuānconcentrated
• 且qiěmoreover
• 丘qiūmound
• 丙bǐngthird

Quick facts

Questions about 天