天上

Character by character

• 天tiān4 strokesHSK 1sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 上shàng3 strokesHSK 1top; superior, highest; go up, send up

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 看天上。

  Kàn tiān shàng

  Look at the sky.

  Listen

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 天上. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 上shàngHSK 1

  (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above

• 天tiānHSK 1

  day; sky; heaven

• 今天jīn tiānHSK 1

  today; at the present; now

• 身上shēn shangHSK 1

  on the body; at hand; among

• 明天míng tiānHSK 1

  tomorrow

• 晚上wǎn shangHSK 1

  evening; night; in the evening

• 昨天zuó tiānHSK 1

  yesterday

• 马上mǎ shàngHSK 1

  at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force)

• 早上zǎo shangHSK 1

  early morning

• 实际上shí jì shàngHSK 3

  in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice

• 上面shàng miànHSK 3

  on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian]

• 上班shàng bānHSK 1

  to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office

• 事实上shì shí shàngHSK 3

  in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto

• 路上lù shangHSK 1

  on the road; on a journey; road surface

• 天气tiān qìHSK 1

  weather

• 加上jiā shàngHSK 5

  plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that

• 车上chē shàngHSK 1

  Car

• 以上yǐ shàngHSK 2

  that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.

• 上去shàng qùHSK 3

  to go up

• 地上dì shangHSK 1

  on the ground; on the floor

• 上午shàng wǔHSK 1

  morning

• 上周shàng zhōuHSK 2

  last week

• 上帝shàng dìHSK 6

  God

• 网上wǎng shàngHSK 1

  online