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<WL>天 [tiān] heaven/sky; day (今天 ‘today’); 天空 sky; 苍天 blue sky; 天气 weather; season (冬天 ‘winter’, 夏天 ‘summer’); 天神 god/deity | <WL>天 [tiān] heaven/sky; day (今天 ‘today’); 天空 sky; 苍天 blue sky; 天气 weather; season (冬天 ‘winter’, 夏天 ‘summer’); 天神 god/deity | ||
#i4 | #i4 | ||
The Shuōwén Seal form of 天() tiān ‘top/crown (of the head); | The Shuōwén Seal form of 天() tiān ‘top/crown (of the head); highest/supreme’ (顛: 头顶; 最高) writes the horizontal line 一() yī ‘one’ at the top/height/pinnacle, marking the head of 大() dà ‘big/large’ (wide extent); a tall/strong man, with large/wise head/mind reaching up to the sky above, with arms spread wide encompassing/embracing the whole wide earth, his domain/fate. | ||
Older graphs associated with 天 are said to depict a person, like 大( | Note: 一() yī ‘one’ (the number of ‘sky/heaven’) is in compounds an abbrev. of the old form of 上(𠄞丄) shàng ‘(heavens/sky) high/above’, assoc. with 阳/陽() yáng ‘male/strength/light’ (⚊), 乾(𠄃𠄊) qián (☰䷀); cf. 雨() yǔ ‘rain’, 雷/靁(𩇓𤴐) léi ‘thunder’ (䷲), 云(𡆳), 雲() yún ‘clouds’. | ||
Compare: | Compare: 帝() dì ‘king/god’; 元() yuán ‘(head/top) beginning/primary/primitive’; 兀() wù ‘towering/extraordinary’; 不(𠀚) bù ‘no (higher)’. | ||
HDZ: 天 : tiān : (古) | Compare: 立(𡗓) lì ‘stand (on/up)’, in which also 大, but 一 ‘earth’, as in 至(𦤴) zhì ‘attain/arrive’; 太(夳𡙌泰) tài (䷊). | ||
Compare: 天() tiān ← MC /thin/; 颠/顛(顚) diān ‘top/crown of the head’ ← MC /tin/thins/; 帝() dì ← MC /tis/ (SBGY). | |||
Older graphs associated with 天 are said to depict a person, like 大(亣), but with a circle for the head; some later forms look like 而(). | |||
Compare: 忝() tiǎn ‘to shame’, assoc. with 天 tiān ‘to brand on the forehead’ (GSR), (易) ䷥; 吞(呑) tūn ‘swallow/gulp/gobble (food/territory/etc.)’. | |||
HDZ: 天 : tiān : (古) 象人形…本谓人颠顶…所以独坟 (cf. 墳/賁 fèn) 其首者, 正特著其所象之处; 顛/顚 (颠顶): 人的额部, 脑袋; (古) (刑名) 一种在额头上刺字的刑罚 (cf. 忝, 黥/剠) (䷥ 其人天且劓); 天空 (苍天); 天体, 天象; 自然; 自然的, 天生的; 人或物的自然形质 (天性); 某一空间; 时令, 季节 (冬天, 三伏天); 天气, 气候; 一昼夜的时间; 日出到日落的时间 (今天, 昨天, 忙了一天; 三天打鱼, 两天晒网); 天神, 上帝, 自然界的主宰者; (佛教) 神佛仙人或他们生活的那个世界 (归天, 天兵天将, 天女散花); (古) 君王; 人伦中的尊者; 所依存或依靠的对象; (方言) 垧; (姓) | |||
#rG.133.14 W.1c,60c H.58 K.AD996,GSR361a D.1.522.1 L.28 M.6361 KX..248.04 B.005.0.09 WHY...4 E.1 | #rG.133.14 W.1c,60c H.58 K.AD996,GSR361a D.1.522.1 L.28 M.6361 KX..248.04 B.005.0.09 WHY...4 E.1 | ||
#c一大 | #c一大 | ||
#y tin\ | #y tin\ | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
Latest revision as of 00:32, 21 June 2019
天 [tiān] heaven/sky; day (今天 ‘today’); 天空 sky; 苍天 blue sky; 天气 weather; season (冬天 ‘winter’, 夏天 ‘summer’); 天神 god/deity
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►¹tiān* 天 {A} n. ①sky; heavens ►tiānkōng 天空 ►tiānwén 天文 ②weather; season/time ►tiānqì 天气 ►chūntiān 春天 ►dōngtiān 冬天 ►hàntiān 旱天 ‖ Jīntiān ∼ zhēn hǎo. 今天∼真好。 Today is a fine day. (The weather today is nice/beautiful.) ③nature; natural ►tiānrán 天然 ④God; Heaven ◆n./m. day ►jīntiān 今天 ►zuótiān 昨天 ‖ Wǒ láile sān ∼ le. 我来了三∼了。 I have been here for three days. ◆b.f. ①(positioned) overhead (up above) ►tiānqiáo 天桥 ►tiānchē 天车 ►tiānchuāng 天窗
The Shuōwén Seal form of 天 tiān ‘top/crown (of the head); highest/supreme’ (顛: 头顶; 最高) writes the horizontal line 一 yī ‘one’ at the top/height/pinnacle, marking the head of 大 dà ‘big/large’ (wide extent); a tall/strong man, with large/wise head/mind reaching up to the sky above, with arms spread wide encompassing/embracing the whole wide earth, his domain/fate.
Note: 一 yī ‘one’ (the number of ‘sky/heaven’) is in compounds an abbrev. of the old form of 上(𠄞丄) shàng ‘(heavens/sky) high/above’, assoc. with 阳/陽 yáng ‘male/strength/light’ (⚊), 乾(𠄃𠄊) qián (☰䷀); cf. 雨 yǔ ‘rain’, 雷/靁(𩇓𤴐) léi ‘thunder’ (䷲), 云(𡆳), 雲 yún ‘clouds’.
Compare: 帝 dì ‘king/god’; 元 yuán ‘(head/top) beginning/primary/primitive’; 兀 wù ‘towering/extraordinary’; 不(𠀚) bù ‘no (higher)’.
Compare: 立(𡗓) lì ‘stand (on/up)’, in which also 大, but 一 ‘earth’, as in 至(𦤴) zhì ‘attain/arrive’; 太(夳𡙌泰) tài (䷊).
Compare: 天 tiān ← MC /thin/; 颠/顛(顚) diān ‘top/crown of the head’ ← MC /tin/thins/; 帝 dì ← MC /tis/ (SBGY).
Older graphs associated with 天 are said to depict a person, like 大(亣), but with a circle for the head; some later forms look like 而.
Compare: 忝 tiǎn ‘to shame’, assoc. with 天 tiān ‘to brand on the forehead’ (GSR), (易) ䷥; 吞(呑) tūn ‘swallow/gulp/gobble (food/territory/etc.)’.
HDZ: 天 : tiān : (古) 象人形…本谓人颠顶…所以独坟 (cf. 墳/賁 fèn) 其首者, 正特著其所象之处; 顛/顚 (颠顶): 人的额部, 脑袋; (古) (刑名) 一种在额头上刺字的刑罚 (cf. 忝, 黥/剠) (䷥ 其人天且劓); 天空 (苍天); 天体, 天象; 自然; 自然的, 天生的; 人或物的自然形质 (天性); 某一空间; 时令, 季节 (冬天, 三伏天); 天气, 气候; 一昼夜的时间; 日出到日落的时间 (今天, 昨天, 忙了一天; 三天打鱼, 两天晒网); 天神, 上帝, 自然界的主宰者; (佛教) 神佛仙人或他们生活的那个世界 (归天, 天兵天将, 天女散花); (古) 君王; 人伦中的尊者; 所依存或依靠的对象; (方言) 垧; (姓)
►references: Guǎngyùn:133.14; Wieger:1c,60c; Henshall:58; Karlgren:AD996,GSR361a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.522.1; Lindqvist:28; Mathews:6361; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:248.04; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:005.0.09; Wáng(1993):4; EDOC:1
►components: 一大
►Cantonese: tin\
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