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Kanji Detail for 太 - "thick"

太

  • Meaning

    太 means "thick." Also associated with very, great.

    1. Thick - Having great width; fat; large.

    2. Great - Very large; important; senior.

    3. Very - Extremely; exceedingly; greatly.

    4. Grand - Magnificent; impressive; principal.

  • Words using 太

    • 太陽 たいよう Listen Sun
    • 皇太子 こうたいし Listen crown prince
    • 太平洋戦争 たいへいようせんそう Listen Pacific War (1941-1945)
    • 太鼓 たいこ Listen drum
    • 太陽電池 たいようでんち Listen solar cell
    • 丸太 まるた Listen log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII)
    • 太っ腹 ふとっぱら Listen generous; magnanimous; big-hearted
    • 義太夫 ぎだゆう Listen gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)

  • Tattoo check: 太

    • Verified meaning: thick
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おお, たい, だい, たいそう)
    • Also carries these associations: very, great

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 太

    Given names 太(たい)Listen 太(だい)Listen 太(とおる)Listen 太(はじめ)Listen

    Surnames 太(おお)Listen 太(たいそう)Listen 太(たかし)Listen 太(たくお)Listen 太(たさき)Listen 太(たざき)Listen 太(て)Listen 太(てへ)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    plump; thick; big around

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    very, too, much; big; extreme

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    very, too much; big; extreme

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The ultimate of great; very. In classics and histories, written as 大. Also written as 泰. See "大" and "泰." | Colloquially, the senior of one's seniors is called 太. Such as 太老伯, 太世叔. In old times, the seniors of noble persons were also called 太. Such as 老太爺, 太夫人. | Anciently, noble ladies were enfeoffed as 太君. Noble ladies are commonly called 太太 (madam).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ta(タ) タ

    tai(タイ) タイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    futo.i(ふとい) ふとい

    futo.ru(ふと-る) ふと-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    大 (dai)

  • Related Keywords

    thick great very bold grand fat big ample broad bulky chunky corpulent excellent extremely hefty huge large magnificent plump stout rotund

Sentences including 太

  • There is nothing to compare with her beauty.

  • The sun is so distant from the earth.

  • He is fatter than when i last saw him.

  • The sun melted the snow.

  • Please call me taro.

  • The sun is shining.

  • The sun came out.

  • The sun was about to come up.

  • Don't put on weight.

  • John has put on a lot of weight recently.

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