천

천 U+CC9C, 천 HANGUL SYLLABLE CEON Composition: ㅊ + ㅓ + ㄴ ← 첛 [U+CC9B] Hangul Syllables 첝 → [U+CC9D]

처척첚첛천첝첞 첟철첡첢첣첤첥 첦첧첨첩첪첫첬 청첮첯첰첱첲첳
챼 ←	→ 체

Korean

Etymology 1

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰɘ(ː)n]
• Phonetic hangul: [천(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	cheon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	cheon
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'ŏn
Yale Romanization?	chēn

Noun

천 • (cheon)

1. cloth; fabric

Etymology 2

Korean numbers ^(edit)

←  1	←  100	1,000	10,000  →	1,000,000 (106)  →
Sino-Korean: 천 (cheon)     Hanja: 千

Sino-Korean word from 千 (“thousand”), from the Middle Korean reading 쳔 (Yale: chyèn), from Middle Chinese 千 (MC tshen).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [천]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	cheon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	cheon
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'ŏn
Yale Romanization?	chen

Numeral

천 • (cheon) (hanja 千)

1. thousand

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 千 for Sino-Korean compounds of 천 (千, cheon).

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 天 (“sky, heaven”), from the Middle Korean reading 텬 (Yale: thyèn), from Middle Chinese 天 (MC then).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [천]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	cheon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	cheon
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'ŏn
Yale Romanization?	chen

Noun

천 • (cheon) (hanja 天)

1. sky; heavens

   Synonym: 하늘 (haneul)

   Antonym: 땅 (ttang)

2. Godhead
3. tao; nature; natural laws
4. (Buddhism) the upper heavenly world over the earthly human world where the heavenly king and heavenly people are supposed to live.

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 天 for Sino-Korean compounds of 천 (天, cheon).

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 川 (“river, stream”)

Noun

천 • (cheon) (hanja 川)

1. river; stream

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 川 for Sino-Korean compounds of 천 (川, cheon).