천
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Korean
Etymology 1
처척첚첛천첝첞 첟철첡첢첣첤첥 첦첧첨첩첪첫첬 청첮첯첰첱첲첳 | |
챼 ← | → 체 |
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Syllable
천 • (cheon)
- A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅊ, ㅓ, and ㄴ.
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 千 (“thousand”)
Numeral
천 • (cheon) (hanja 千)
- thousand
Etymology 3
Sino-Korean word from 天 (“sky, heaven”)
Noun
천 • (cheon) (hanja 天)
- sky
- heavens
- Godhead
- tao, nature, natural laws
- (Buddhism) the upper heavenly world over the earthly human world where the heavenly king and heavenly people are supposed to live.
Synonyms
- 하늘 (haneul)
- 건 (乾, geon)
Antonyms
- 땅 (ttang)
- 지 (地, ji)
- 곤 (坤, gon)
Derived terms
- 천연 (天然, cheonyeon): nature, naturality
- 천지 (天地, cheonji): heaven and earth
- 천칭 (天秤, cheonching): scale, balance
- 천평 (天平, cheonpyeong): scale, balance