Why does this kanji use "sora" as its reading?

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There's a song called 碧羅の天へ誘えど and it's read as "Hekira no Sora e Izanaedo". Is "Sora" another reading for 天？　I don't see it listed on Jisho.org, and 天 seems to almost always use "Ten" as its reading.

See here: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/198/why-are-some-lyrics-words-written-in-kanji-whose-usual-reading-is-not-how-it-is — kuchitsu, Aug 25 '18 at 21:21

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 27 '18 at 02:19

The reading of そら is a nonstandard reading found almost exclusively in crative writings such as lyrics and novel titles. It's in the same vein as this. Using a nonstandard reading is a common way to make the name sound more interesting in Japanese.

In person names, there are a few people named 天【そら】 (including this seiyu), but I think it tends to be used as a little peculiar stage name.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 25 '18 at 19:48

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Oh Wikipedia says "Sora" is a Nanori reading for 天, which is apparently used for names and places

answered Aug 25 '18 at 19:48

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Why does this kanji use "sora" as its reading?

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