漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
台: pedestal, a stand
Also: counter for machines and vehicles
口 carries the meaning · 厶 gives the sound
Two readings, and the words that use each
ダイdai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 台だいstand, rack
- 台座だいざpedestal
- 台所だいどころkitchen
- 台地だいちplateau
- 一台いちだいone (machine)
- 気象台きしょうだいmeteorological observatory
タイtai · on'yomi
- 台湾たいわんTaiwan
- 台風たいふうtyphoon
Also read うてな, われ, つかさ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)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). The phonetic has always been 之 or 止.
Source: Wiktionary, 臺 (rev. 92201472), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
Connections
The 厶 family reads シ (shi); 台 is read ダイ、タイ.
台 gives its sound to
The family reading is タイ (tai). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
Also read ダイ
11 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 臺 · tái
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 台. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 臺.
- Simplified
- 台 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 臺 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin tái most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.