天気予報

てんきよほう · tenkiyohou · JLPT N4 · noun

weather forecast

🌦️📺 天気 (weather) + 予報 (forecast) = weather forecast

天気 tenki = sky 天 + spirit/air 気, the mood of the sky. 予報 yohou = beforehand 予 + report 報, a report given in advance. So the word reads literally as sky-mood advance-report.

天 — 一 (one/sky) above 大 (big person)
Originally a pictograph of a person (大) with an emphasized head, representing what is above — the sky or heavens. The top stroke evolved into 一, symbolizing the vast expanse overhead. From 'sky' it extended to mean 'day,' 'heaven,' and 'nature.'

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