台
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Translingual
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| Japanese | 台 |
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| Simplified | 台 |
| Traditional | 臺/台 |
Han character
台 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈口 (IR), four-corner 23600, composition ⿱厶口)
Derived characters
- 佁, 冶, 咍, 坮, 始, 孡, 𭘚, 怡, 抬, 治, 迨, 𣅿, 胎, 枱, 殆, 𣭆, 炲, 珆, 兘, 𤫳, 眙, 𥙉, 秮, 𥹋, 紿 (绐), 耛, 𧉟, 詒 (诒), 貽 (贻), 跆, 軩, 鈶 (𬭀), 𣖤, 颱, 飴 (饴), 駘(骀), 𩲥, 鮐 (鲐), 𩿡, 齝, 𠁯
- 乨, 𰀼, 刣, 𠄩, 𠡇, 㣍, 邰, 𪱜, 㰧, 𢦯, 瓵, 𠳙, 𫨩, 𧠜, 辝, 𩒎 (𫖭), 𠼷, 苔, 笞, 㾂, 𠊝, 怠, 枲, 炱, 𥁐, 𫢼, 𬆗, 𮩻, 袬, 囼
Related characters
- 臺 (Traditional form of 台)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 172, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3246
- Dae Jaweon: page 384, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 575, character 2
- Unihan data for U+53F0
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Old Chinese | |
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| 胎 | *l̥ʰɯː |
| 台 | *l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ |
| 邰 | *l̥ʰɯː |
| 鮐 | *l̥ʰɯː, *lɯ |
| 孡 | *l̥ʰɯː |
| 苔 | *l'ɯː |
| 抬 | *l'ɯː |
| 駘 | *l'ɯː, *l'ɯːʔ |
| 炱 | *l'ɯː |
| 菭 | *l'ɯː, *l'i |
| 跆 | *l'ɯː |
| 殆 | *l'ɯːʔ |
| 怠 | *l'ɯːʔ |
| 迨 | *l'ɯːʔ |
| 紿 | *l'ɯːʔ |
| 詒 | *l'ɯːʔ, *lɯ |
| 軩 | *l'ɯːʔ |
| 咍 | *hlɯː |
| 佁 | *lɯːʔ, *l̥ʰɯs, *lɯʔ |
| 枲 | *slɯʔ |
| 辝 | *ljɯ |
| 鈶 | *ljɯʔ |
| 笞 | *l̥ʰɯ |
| 齝 | *l̥ʰɯ, *hljɯ |
| 眙 | *l̥ʰɯs, *lɯ |
| 治 | *l'ɯ, *l'ɯs, *l'is |
| 始 | *hljɯʔ |
| 怡 | *lɯ |
| 貽 | *lɯ |
| 飴 | *lɯ |
| 瓵 | *lɯ |
| 珆 | *li |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ) : phonetic 㠯 () + semantic 口 (“mouth”).
An alternate variant of 㠯 (modern form: 以 (yǐ)) in Chinese bronze inscriptions.
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of 台 – see 臺 (“tower; lookout; stage; platform; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 臺). |
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 台 – see 颱 (“typhoon”). (This character is the simplified form of 颱). |
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Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of 台 – see 檯 (“table; desk; table”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 檯). |
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Etymology 4
| simp. and trad. |
台 | |
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Pronunciation
Definitions
台
Usage notes
The surname 台 (Yí) is different from the surname 臺 (Tái). Note that 臺 has been simplified to 台 in mainland China.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 我 (“I”)
Etymology 5
| simp. and trad. |
台 | |
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Pronunciation
Definitions
台
- Used in place names.
Compounds
Etymology 6
| simp. and trad. |
台 | |
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Pronunciation
Definitions
台
- Used in 三台 (“name of a star”).
- historical placename in modern Shandong
- alt. forms: 邰 (tái)
- † (polite, honorific) used to address another person or to describe the actions of another person
Compounds
Etymology 7
| For pronunciation and definitions of 台 – see 鮐 (“mackerel; old person; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鮐). |
Etymology 8
| simp. and trad. |
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Pronunciation
Definitions
台
Japanese
Kanji
台
Readings
Kanji
| 台 | |
| 臺 |
台
(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 臺)
Compounds
Readings
As shinjitai kanji of 臺:
- Go-on: だい (dai, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
- Kun: うてな (utena, 台); しもべ (shimobe, 台); つかさ (tsukasa, 台); よろこぶ (yorokobu, 台ぶ); われ (ware, 台)
- Nanori: だい (dai); もと (moto)
Kanji
台
Readings
Counter
- machines, especially vehicles or computers
- 一家に一台！
- Ikka ni ichidai!
- A unit in every household! (stock phrase, sometimes humorously used to refer to people)
- 一家に一台！
Suffix
- tables, beds
- level, especially of price
- 100点台
- hyaku-ten-dai
- around 100 points
- 100点台
- period of time in a person's life
Korean
Hanja
台 • (tae, i, dae) (hangeul 태, 이, 대, revised tae, i, dae, McCune–Reischauer t'ae, i, dae)
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Vietnamese
Han character
台: Hán Việt readings: thai (
台: Nôm readings: thơi, thai, thay, hay, đài, thài, hai, đày
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