臺

臺 (Kangxi radical 133, 至+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土口月土 (GRBG), four-corner 4010₄, composition ⿳吉冖至)

• 儓, 㘆, 嬯, 𡽩, 𢅣, 懛, 擡(抬), 𤁅, 𭨉, 𦢀, 檯(台), 𤐽, 𤗿, 𤢬, 𧭏, 𩦽, 𪒴, 薹, 籉, 𤻡

• 台 (Japanese shinjitai and Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1002, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30161
• Dae Jaweon: page 1459, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2817, character 6
• Unihan data for U+81FA

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Historical forms of the character 臺
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : abbreviated 喬 + 室. Its exact structure changes depending on region and time period, but for most of its existence it has been a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) . The phonetic has always been 之 (OC *tjɯ) or 止 (OC *kjɯʔ).

Oracle bone inscriptions: phonetic 之 (OC *tjɯ) + 宀.

Chu slips: phonetic 之 (OC *tjɯ) + 室

Jin slips:

• Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : abbreviated 喬 + 室. This is the modern form inherited by Han seal script.
• Phonetic 止 (OC *kjɯʔ) + abbreviated 室
• Phonetic 之 (OC *tjɯ) + 室

Qin dynasty: Phonetic 止 (OC *kjɯʔ) + 高 + 室

Shuowen Jiezi interprets it as ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 之 (“foot”) + abbreviated 高 (“high”) + 室 (“building”) – a watch tower. The Shuowen Jiezi Zhu considers 㞢 (*tjɯ) to be the sound component.

臺

1. tower; lookout

   烽火臺／烽火台  ―  fēnghuǒtái  ―  beacon tower

   • 萬里悲秋常作客，百年多病獨登臺。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     万里悲秋常作客，百年多病独登台。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 767, Du Fu, 登高

     Wànlǐ bēiqiū cháng zuòkè, bǎinián duōbìng dú dēng tái.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. stage; platform

   講臺／讲台  ―  jiǎngtái  ―  lectern; rostrum

   舞臺／舞台  ―  wǔtái  ―  stage (for performing)

   臺上有兩個演員。 [MSC, trad.]
   台上有两个演员。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tái shàng yǒu liǎng ge yǎnyuán.

   There are two actors on stage.

3. support; stand; base

   燈臺／灯台  ―  dēngtái  ―  lampstand

   窗臺／窗台  ―  chuāngtái  ―  windowsill

4. station

   天文臺／天文台  ―  tiānwéntái  ―  observatory (place where celestial bodies are observed)

   氣象臺／气象台  ―  qìxiàngtái  ―  meteorological observatory

   電視臺／电视台  ―  diànshìtái  ―  television station

   1. (specifically) broadcasting station or channel; television station or channel

      臺標／台标  ―  táibiāo  ―  television station logo

      換臺／换台  ―  huàntái  ―  to change the television channel

      北京臺／北京台  ―  Běijīngtái  ―  Beijing TV

      芒果臺／芒果台  ―  Mángguǒtái  ―  Hunan TV

      今晚看哪個臺？／今晚看哪个台？  ―  Jīnwǎn kàn nǎge tái?  ―  Which channel shall watch?

   2. (specifically, Internet) live stream

      開臺／开台  ―  kāitái  ―  to livestream

5. terrace (raised ground)
6. Suffix for terms of address conveying respect for the addressee.

   兄臺／兄台  ―  xiōngtái  ―  brother; friend

7. Short for 臺灣／台灣／台湾 (Táiwān, “Taiwan”).

   乙未割臺／乙未割台  ―  yǐwèi gē Tái  ―  Cession of Taiwan in 1895

   來臺旅客／来台旅客  ―  lái Tái lǚkè  ―  tourists to Taiwan

8. Short for 臺語／台語／台语 (táiyǔ, “Taiwanese Hokkien”).
9. Classifier for machines, vehicles or electronic devices. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

   一臺電腦／一台电脑  ―  yī tái diànnǎo  ―  a computer

   一臺望遠鏡／一台望远镜  ―  yī tái wàngyuǎnjìng  ―  a telescope

10. Classifier for stage performance. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

    一臺戲／一台戏  ―  yī tái xì  ―  a stage performance

11. Alternative form of 檯／台 (tái, “table; desk”)
12. ^† Alternative form of 薹 (tái)

    臺心菜／台心菜  ―  táixīncài  ―  choy sum

    • 南山有臺，北山有萊。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
      南山有台，北山有莱。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

      Nán shān yǒu tái, běi shān yǒu lái.

      On the hills of the south is the sedge,
      On those of the north is the goosefoot.

13. a surname
14. (mahjong) points

• Although use of the traditional form 臺 is encouraged by the ROC Ministry of Education, the variant 台 is commonly used instead.^[1]
• The surname 臺 (Tái) is different from the surname 台 (Yí). Note that 臺 has been simplified to 台 in mainland China.

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 台)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• Go-on: だい (dai)
• Kan-on: たい (tai)
• Kun: うてな (utena, 臺)、しもべ (shimobe, 臺)、つかさ (tsukasa, 臺)、よろこぶ (yorokobu, 臺)、われ (ware, 臺)
• Nanori: だい (dai)、もと (moto)

From Middle Chinese 臺 (MC doj).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): ~
• Phonetic hangul:

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

臺

Wikisource

臺 (eumhun 대 대 (dae dae))

1. hanja form^? of 대 (“platform”)
2. hanja form^? of 대 (“counter for vehicles or machinery”)
3. hanja form^? of 대 (“(after a number) in the... s”)

臺 • (Dae) (hangeul 대)

1. (in news headlines) Short for 臺(대)灣(만) (Daeman, “Taiwan”).

A common convention in news headlines, this is almost always written solely in the Hanja form, even in contemporary Korean text otherwise devoid of any Hanja.

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

臺: Hán Nôm readings: đài

1. chữ Hán form of đài (“platform, broadcast station”).