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Kanji Detail for 台 - "platform, stand, base"

台

  • Meaning

    台 means "platform, stand, base."

    1. Platform - A raised structure; a pedestal.

    2. Tower - A high building.

    3. Government office - A bureau; an official place.

    4. Stand - A support; a base.

    5. Honorific - A respectful term of address.

    6. Counter - A unit for machines or vehicles.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    pedestal; a stand; counter for machines and vehicles

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    platform; unit; term of address

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Taiwan (abbr.); surname Tai

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    platform; unit; term of address

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

    三台: A star name. Astronomy books say it symbolizes the position of the Three Dukes. Hence the respectful term 台. Often used in correspondence. Such as addressing superiors as 憲台, addressing local officials at county level and below as 父台, addressing esteemed places as 台端, 台前. | Colloquially also borrowed as 臺 of 樓臺. | 台吉: A Mongolian noble title. Divided into four ranks, conferred on princes' sons and brothers. | 台站: Border defense outposts for patrols. Many places beyond the passes use 台 in place names, referring to such stations. | I; me. See (Erya).
  • Onyomitip

    dai(だい) だい

    i(い) い

    tai(たい) たい

  • Kunyomitip

    shimobe(しもべ) しもべ

    utena(うてな) うてな

  • Strokestip

    5 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords
    platform stand stage base pedestal tower foundation counter table desk rack support Taiwan elevated raised height structure building machine vehicle

Sentences including 台

  • We had a storm yesterday.

  • Clean up the kitchen.

  • The typhoon made that difficult.

  • He does not live in sendai.

  • Little did i think there would be a typhoon.

  • Mother is in the kitchen.

  • She is going to sendai this spring.

  • The two cars tried to make way for each other.

  • Today's play really moved me.

  • We have breakfast in the kitchen.

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