Word Meaning 戴天

たいてん taiten

戴天 is read as たいてん (taiten) and means one's earthly existence.

Meaning

English

one's earthly existence
living under heaven

Reading

Kana

たいてん

Romaji

taiten

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 149598 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

不倶戴天

ふぐたいてん

cannot allow (oneself) to live (with someone) under the canopy of heaven

君父の讐は倶に天を戴かず

くんぷのあだはともにてんをいただかず

not wanting to live in the same world as one's father's or lord's enemies

不倶戴天の敵

ふぐたいてんのてき

mortal enemy

戴く

いただく

to get someone to do something

晴天

せいでん

fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds)

有頂天

うちょうてん

ecstasy

好天

こうてん

fine weather

満天

まんてん

the whole sky

寒天

かんてん

agar-agar

大自在天

だいじざいてん

Mahesvara (Shiva in the Buddhist pantheon)

回天

かいてん

Kaiten

戴冠式

たいかんしき

coronation ceremony