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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

泰: peaceful, calm

Also: peace, easy, Thailand, extreme, excessive, great

JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

氺 carries the meaning · 𡗗 is drawn in

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

タイtai · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 安泰あんたいsecurity; stability; safety
  • 泰然たいぜんcalm; composed; self-possessed
  • 泰国タイこくThailand

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)大 (sound) + 廾 two hands (meaning) + 水 water (meaning)

Source: Wiktionary, 泰 (rev. 93448531), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Large + water (氺) + hands. Represents a person with their hands over a "large" amount of "water," suggesting a calm, "peaceful" state or the name for Thailand.”
From the 氺 water story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
𡗗

Also built on 𡗗

氺

Also built on water (氺)

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Also read タイ

26 kanji share this on'yomiAll 26

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
泰 peaceful · 氺
vs奏 play music · 天
泰 has 氺 where 奏 has 天.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tài

Same form: 泰 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
泰 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
泰 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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