台 — platform, stand, counter for machines

だい台 platform

だい

U+53F0 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #262 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #744 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

platform
stand
counter for machines

Readings

On'yomi: だい dai たい tai
Kun'yomi: うてな utena われ ware つかさ tsukasa

word

たい・だい tai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

台(だい) dai stand 台(たい) 風(ふう) taifuu typhoon 土(ど) 台(だい) dodai foundation 台(だい) 数(すう) daisuu number of units 台(たい) 頭(とう) taitou rise 台(だい) 本(ほん) daihon script 台(だい) 場(ば) daiba Daiba (place name) 台(たい) 北(ぺい) taipei Taipei

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

台詞(せりふ) serifu dialogue

Words by frequency and grade

29 words

Each dot is a word containing 台: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 14 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Appears in idioms

台風一過四字熟語

platform wind, one overdo

台所事情慣用句

the kitchen's circumstances

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

厶 private

くち口 mouth #30

Used as component in (5)

し始 commence じ治 reign おこたる怠 neglect たい胎 womb や冶 melting

Compound ideograph (会意). 口 (mouth/enclosure) beneath a cover element. A platform or stand.

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#30 口 mouth

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Meanings

Readings

word

たい・だい tai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

Words by frequency and grade

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (5)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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台 — platform, stand, counter for machines

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Meanings

Readings

word

たい ・だい tai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

Words by frequency and grade

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (5)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

たい・だい tai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).