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天 — day; sky; heaven

Pinyin
tiān
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
required

How to write 天: 4 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

天 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 天 in the HSK syllabus: 53

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 白天báitiāndaytime; during the day; dayHSK 1
  2. 今天jīntiāntoday; the present time; nowHSK 1
  3. 明天míngtiāntomorrowHSK 1
  4. 天tiānday; sky; heavenHSK 1
  5. 天气tiānqìweatherHSK 1
  6. 星期天xīngqītiānSundayHSK 1
  7. 昨天zuótiānyesterdayHSK 1
  8. 半天bàntiānhalf of the day; a long time; quite a while; midairHSK 3
  9. 春天chūntiānspringHSK 3
  10. 冬天dōngtiānwinterHSK 3
  11. 后天hòutiānthe day after tomorrow; life after birth; acquiredHSK 3
  12. 聊天儿liáotiānr—HSK 3
  13. 前天qiántiānthe day before yesterdayHSK 3
  14. 秋天qiūtiānautumnHSK 3
  15. 夏天xiàtiānsummerHSK 3
  16. 改天gǎitiānanother day; some other time; to find another dayHSK 5
  17. 天空tiānkōngskyHSK 5
  18. 天上tiānshàngthe sky; the heavensHSK 5
  19. 当天dàngtiānthe same dayHSK 6
  20. 天才tiāncáitalent; gift; genius; talented; giftedHSK 6
  21. 天然tiānránnaturalHSK 6
  22. 天然气tiānránqìnatural gasHSK 6
  23. 天文tiānwénastronomyHSK 6
  24. 天下tiānxiàland under heaven; the whole worldHSK 6
  25. 天真tiānzhēnnaive; innocent; artlessHSK 6
  26. 半边天bànbiāntiānhalf the sky; women of the new society; womenfolkHSK 7–9
  27. 冰天雪地bīngtiān-xuědìa world of ice and snowHSK 7–9
  28. 成天chéngtiānall day long; all the timeHSK 7–9
  29. 得天独厚détiāndúhòublessed by heaven; enjoying exceptional advantagesHSK 7–9
  30. 翻天覆地fāntiān-fùdìsky and the earth turning upside down; fig. complete confusionHSK 7–9
  31. 航天hángtiānspace flightHSK 7–9
  32. 航天员hángtiānyuánastronautHSK 7–9
  33. 惊天动地jīngtiān-dòngdìworld-shakingHSK 7–9
  34. 开天辟地kāitiān-pìdìto split heaven and earth apartHSK 7–9
  35. 露天lùtiānoutdoors; al fresco; in the openHSK 7–9
  36. 天长地久tiāncháng-dìjiǔenduring while the world lasts; eternalHSK 7–9
  37. 天敌tiāndípredator; natural enemyHSK 7–9
  38. 天地tiāndìheaven and earth; world; scope; field of activityHSK 7–9
  39. 天鹅tiān’éswanHSK 7–9
  40. 天分tiānfènnatural gift; talentHSK 7–9

And 13 more across the higher levels — the full lists are on the level pages.

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.