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This Chinese, Korean, and Japanese character means field or farm.
Most of the time, this refers to a rice field.
However, this is very commonly used as a surname that romanizes from Mandarin as Tian, and from Cantonese and Taiwanese, it's romanized as Tien.
In Japanese, it can be the surname Yanakida, Tatsuru, or Tazaki. There are other romanizations used for Japanese surnames for this character. When just a field, it is pronounced “den” in Japanese.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your tien search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
天 see styles |
tiān tian1 t`ien tien ten てん |
More info & calligraphy: Heaven(1) sky; (2) {Christn} heaven; (3) God; (4) {Buddh} svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); (5) {Buddh} deva (divine being of Buddhism); (6) top (of a book); (7) sole (of a Japanese sandal); (8) beginning; start; (9) (abbreviation) (See 天ぷら) tempura; (10) (abbreviation) (obsolete) (See 天竺・1) India; (given name) Hiroshi Heaven; the sky; a day; cf. dyo, dyaus also as 提婆 a deva, or divine being, deity; and as 素羅 sura, shining, bright. |
田 see styles |
tián tian2 t`ien tien ta た |
More info & calligraphy: Tian / Tienrice field; (surname) Yanakida A field, fields; a place, or state, for the cultivation of meritorious or other deeds; cf. 福田. |
四田 see styles |
sì tián si4 tian2 ssu t`ien ssu tien yotsuda よつだ |
More info & calligraphy: Yotsuda / ShidaThe four fields for cultivating happiness — animals; the poor; parents, etc.; the religion. |
天上 see styles |
tiān shàng tian1 shang4 t`ien shang tien shang tenjou / tenjo てんじょう |
More info & calligraphy: Heavenly / Celestial(n,vs,adj-no) the heavens; (given name) Tenjō The heavens above, i. e. the six devalokas 六欲天 of the region of desire and the rupalokas andarupalokas, i. e. 色 and 無色界. |
天使 see styles |
tiān shǐ tian1 shi3 t`ien shih tien shih tenshi てんし |
More info & calligraphy: Angel / Messenger of Heaven(noun - becomes adjective with の) angel; (female given name) Yukari Divine messengers, especially those of Yama; also his 三天使 three messengers, or lictors— old age, sickness, death; and his 五天使 or 五大使, i. e. the last three together with rebirth and prisons or punishments on earth. |
天國 天国 see styles |
tiān guó tian1 guo2 t`ien kuo tien kuo amakuni あまくに |
More info & calligraphy: Kingdom of Heaven(surname) Amakuni |
天地 see styles |
tiān dì tian1 di4 t`ien ti tien ti tenchi(p); ametsuchi てんち(P); あめつち |
More info & calligraphy: Heaven and Earth(1) heaven and earth; the universe; the world; nature; (2) (てんち only) land; world; realm; sphere; (3) (てんち only) top and bottom; (4) (あめつち only) gods of heaven and earth; (surname) Amachi heaven and earth |
天意 see styles |
tiān yì tian1 yi4 t`ien i tien i teni てんい |
More info & calligraphy: Destiny Determined by Heavendivine will; providence |
天狗 see styles |
tiān gǒu tian1 gou3 t`ien kou tien kou tengu てんぐ |
More info & calligraphy: Tenguulkā, 憂流迦the 'heavenly dog' i. e. a meteor. Also 'a star in Argo' according to Williams. |
天皇 see styles |
tiān huáng tian1 huang2 t`ien huang tien huang tennou / tenno てんのう |
More info & calligraphy: Emperor of JapanEmperor of Japan; (place-name) Tennou Deva-king; the Tang monk 道悟 Daowu of the 天皇 Tianhuang monastery at 荊州 Jingzhou. |
天空 see styles |
tiān kōng tian1 kong1 t`ien k`ung tien kung tenkuu / tenku てんくう |
More info & calligraphy: Sky / Air / Ether / Spacesky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens; (female given name) Hirari |
天鵝 天鹅 see styles |
tiān é tian1 e2 t`ien o tien o |
More info & calligraphy: Swan |
天龍 天龙 see styles |
tiān lóng tian1 long2 t`ien lung tien lung tenryuu / tenryu てんりゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Celestial Dragon / Tian LongDevas, including Brahma, Indra, and the devas, together with the nāgas. |
本田 see styles |
běn tián ben3 tian2 pen t`ien pen tien honden ほんでん |
More info & calligraphy: Hondarice paddy; (surname) Motoda |
柴田 see styles |
chái tián chai2 tian2 ch`ai t`ien chai tien tsubata つばた |
More info & calligraphy: Shibata / Shida(surname) Tsubata |
樂天 乐天 see styles |
lè tiān le4 tian1 le t`ien le tien rakuten |
More info & calligraphy: Lottedeva musicians, see above. |
武田 see styles |
wǔ tián wu3 tian2 wu t`ien wu tien muta むた |
More info & calligraphy: Takeda(surname) Muta |
竹田 see styles |
zhú tián zhu2 tian2 chu t`ien chu tien chikuden ちくでん |
More info & calligraphy: Takeda(personal name) Chikuden |
聖天 圣天 see styles |
shèng tiān sheng4 tian1 sheng t`ien sheng tien shouten; shouden / shoten; shoden しょうてん; しょうでん |
More info & calligraphy: GaneshĀryadeva |
豐田 丰田 see styles |
fēng tián feng1 tian2 feng t`ien feng tien toyoda とよだ |
More info & calligraphy: Toyota(surname) Toyoda |
青天 see styles |
qīng tiān qing1 tian1 ch`ing t`ien ching tien seiten / seten せいてん |
More info & calligraphy: Clear Blue Skyblue sky; (personal name) Harutaka |
天力士 see styles |
tiān lì shì tian1 li4 shi4 t`ien li shih tien li shih ten rikishi |
More info & calligraphy: Warrior of Heaven |
天王星 see styles |
tiān wáng xīng tian1 wang2 xing1 t`ien wang hsing tien wang hsing tennousei(p); tenousei / tennose(p); tenose てんのうせい(P); てんおうせい |
More info & calligraphy: Uranus{astron} Uranus (planet) |
天秤座 see styles |
tiān chèng zuò tian1 cheng4 zuo4 t`ien ch`eng tso tien cheng tso tenbinza てんびんざ |
More info & calligraphy: Libra Zodiac Symbol / SignLibra (constellation); the Scales |
天蠍座 天蝎座 see styles |
tiān xiē zuò tian1 xie1 zuo4 t`ien hsieh tso tien hsieh tso |
More info & calligraphy: Scorpio Zodiac Symbol / Sign |
田納西 田纳西 see styles |
tián nà xī tian2 na4 xi1 t`ien na hsi tien na hsi |
More info & calligraphy: Tennessee |
佃 see styles |
tián tian2 t`ien tien tsukuda(p); ten つくだ(P); てん |
to cultivate; to hunt cultivated rice field; (surname) Den |
兲 see styles |
tiān tian1 t`ien tien |
variant of 天[tian1] |
塡 see styles |
tián tian2 t`ien tien den |
variant of 填[tian2] To fill up. |
填 see styles |
tián tian2 t`ien tien maki まき |
to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in (surname) Maki to fill up |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Tian Tien | 田 | den | tián / tian2 / tian | t`ien / tien |
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