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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.
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 上(􀀆𠄞􀀇丄) shàng ‘(heavens/sky) high/above’, assoc. with 阳/陽(􂢨) yáng ‘male/strength/light’ (⚊), 乾(􂤯𠄃􂤰𠄊) qián (☰䷀).
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: 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: 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 (䷊).

Latest revision as of 00:32, 21 June 2019

[tiān] heaven/sky; day (​天 ‘today’); 天​ sky; ​天 blue sky; 天​ weather; season (​天 ‘winter’, ​天 ‘summer’); 天​ god/deity

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

¹tiān* {A} n.sky; heavens ►tiānkōng 天空 ►tiānwén 天文weather; 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.)nature; natural ►tiānrán 天然God; Heavenn./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.(positioned) overhead (up above) ►tiānqiáo 天桥 ►tiānchē 天车 ►tiānchuāng 天窗

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 天 tiān ‘top/crown (of the head); highest/supreme’ (​: ​; ​) writes the horizontal line ​ yī ‘one’ at the top/height/pinnacle, marking the head of ​ 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: ​ yī ‘one’ (the number of ‘sky/heaven’) is in compounds an abbrev. of the old form of ​(​𠄞) shàng ‘(heavens/sky) high/above’, assoc. with ​/​ yáng ‘male/strength/light’ (⚊), ​(​𠄃𠄊) qián (☰䷀); cf. ​ yǔ ‘rain’, ​/​(​𩇓𤴐) léi ‘thunder’ (䷲), ​(​𡆳), ​ yún ‘clouds’.
    Compare: ​ dì ‘king/god’; ​ yuán ‘(head/top) beginning/primary/primitive’; ​ wù ‘towering/extraordinary’; ​(​𠀚) bù ‘no (higher)’.
    Compare: ​(​𡗓) lì ‘stand (on/up)’, in which also ​, but ​ ‘earth’, as in ​(​𦤴) zhì ‘attain/arrive’; ​(​𡙌) tài (䷊).
    Compare: 天 tiān ← MC /thin/; ​/​(​) diān ‘top/crown of the head’ ← MC /tin/thins/; ​ dì ← MC /tis/ (SBGY).
    Older graphs associated with 天 are said to depict a person, like ​(​), but with a circle for the head; some later forms look like ​.
    Compare: ​ tiǎn ‘to shame’, assoc. with 天 tiān ‘to brand on the forehead’ (GSR), (​) ䷥; ​(​) tūn ‘swallow/gulp/gobble (food/territory/etc.)’.
    HDZ: 天 : tiān : (​) ​…​…​ (cf. ​/​ fèn) ​, ​; ​/​ (​): ​, ​; (​) (​) ​ (cf. ​, ​/​) (䷥ ​天​); 天​ (​天); 天​, 天​; ​; ​, 天​; ​ (天​); ​; ​, ​ (​天, ​天); 天​, ​; ​; ​ (​天, ​天, ​天; ​天​, ​天​); 天​, ​, ​; (​) ​ (​天, 天​天​, 天​); (​) ​; ​; ​; (​) ​; (​)
►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
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