天空
HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 5
天空 (tiānkōng) · sky
天空 (tiānkōng) means “sky”. It is written with 2 characters: 天 (day) + 空 (empty). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 天空 is built
The characters
天 tiān · day
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)
空 kōng · empty
What 空 is made of
- 穴xué — cave
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 八bā — eight
- 宀 — roof
- 工gōng — labor
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丄shàng — above
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: 穴 gives the meaning, 工 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
今天的天空很蓝。Jīntiān de tiānkōng hěn lán.The sky is very blue today.
天空中有很多星星。Tiānkōng zhōng yǒu hěn duō xīngxing.There are many stars in the sky.
Questions about 天空
What does 天空 mean?
天空 (tiānkōng) means “sky”.
How do you pronounce 天空?
天空 is pronounced tiānkōng.
Which HSK level is 天空?
天空 is in HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 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)
Learn 天空 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 20: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.