漢字Kanji · in States & Attributes
太: plump, thick
Also: big around
JLPT N34 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met
大 carries the meaning · 丶 is drawn in
4 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
タイtai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 太陽たいようsun
- 太鼓たいこdrum
- 太平洋たいへいようPacific Ocean
- 太古たいこancient times
タta · on'yomi
- 丸太まるたlog
ふといfutoi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 太いふといfat, thick
ふとるfutoru · kun'yomi
- 太るふとるbecome fat
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)
A differentiated form of 大 (“big; great”) with a 丶 added to represent 太 (“too big”).
Source: Wiktionary, 太 (rev. 93567951), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stretch out wide! This radical represents anything that is grand, important, or massive in scale.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read タ
5 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tài
Same form: 太 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 太 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 太 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin tài most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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