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<WL>天 [tiān] heaven; day; (天空 tiānkōng) sky; 天气 tiānqì weather
<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
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Picture of a person with a big head. An anthropomorphic symbol for the power of Heaven, that is, the sky. The head is now written as a 一 horizontal line at the top.
The Shuōwén Seal form of 天(􀀃) tiān ‘top/crown (of the head); the highest/supreme’ (顛: 头顶; 最高) writes a line 一(􀀀) yī ‘one’ (the number of sky/heaven; cf. ⚊阳, ☰䷀乾) above, marking the head/top of 大(􁰋) dà ‘big/strong man’.
Older graphs associated with 天 are said to depict a person, like 大(􁰋), but with a circle for the head, or else look like 而(􁧗).
Compare: 立(􁱢𡗓) lì ‘stand’ (with 大, and 一 ‘earth’ below; cf. 至); 太(􁽵夳􁽴𡙌泰) tài (䷊).
HDZ: 天 : tiān : (古) 象人形…本谓人颠顶…所以独坟其首者, 正特著其所象之处; 顛/顚 (颠顶): 人的额部, 脑袋; (古) (刑罚) 一种在额头上刺字的刑罚; 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)
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[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); the highest/supreme’ (​: ​; ​) writes a line ​ yī ‘one’ (the number of sky/heaven; cf. ⚊​, ☰䷀​) above, marking the head/top of ​ dà ‘big/strong man’.
    Older graphs associated with 天 are said to depict a person, like ​, but with a circle for the head, or else look like ​.
    Compare: ​(​𡗓) lì ‘stand’ (with ​, and ​ ‘earth’ below; cf. ​); ​(​𡙌) tài (䷊).
    HDZ: 天 : tiān : (​) ​…​…​, ​; ​/​ (​): ​, ​; (​) (​) ​; 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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