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天 - Heaven
One - a single horizon line - sits like a skylight above Large - a person with arms wide.
Picture Large standing on a shrine roof, One crowning his head as he blocks the sun.
Villagers beat taiko and perform kagura to coax Amaterasu from Amano-Iwato (the sun-goddess’s cave) - drums go don-don, the crowd’s breath goes ah-ma.
When the sun returns a silk ribbon of stars (Amanogawa, the Milky Way) spills across the sky - One + Large = 天, the open heaven above.
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天 - Heaven
Index #43
Grade 1
4 strokes
JLPT Level: N5
Readings: テン, あめ, あま
Compound Kanji

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