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Etymology
Depicts a person (大) with an emphasized head. Based on the original meaning "head". The meaning later shifted to "top", "high", and "sky".
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The character 天 combines the horizontal stroke 一 over 大, which depicts a person with outstretched limbs. This form originally emphasized the head as the highest part of the human body. From this concept of a "top" or "highest point", the meaning shifted to denote the space above people, thus representing sky, heaven, or the overarching realm of weather and nature. Later, the sense extended to mean a single day, reflecting the sun's cycle across the sky as the basis for measuring time.
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今天天气很好。
天空是蓝色的。
我们天天去学校。
明天我要去北京。
夏天很热，冬天很冷。
天气预报说今天有雨。
他每天学习到深夜。
天文学是一门有趣的科学。