漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
胎: womb, uterus
JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
月 carries the meaning · 台 gives the sound
9 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
One reading, and the words that use it
タイtai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 胎児たいじ
- 胎内たいないinterior of the womb (of a pregnant woman)
- 胎動たいどうfetal movement; movements of the fetus
- 堕胎だたいabortion; feticide
- 胎教たいきょうprenatal influence of the mother on her…
- 胎盤たいばんplacenta
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“It looks like the moon, but it's actually muscle! When you see this "moon" on the left side of a character, don't think of the night sky—think of your own body.”
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
台
Also built on pedestal (台)
胎 takes the 台 family's reading, タイ (tai).
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tāi
Same form: 胎 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 胎 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 胎 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin tāi 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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