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Kanji Detail for 太 - "thick, great, grand"
太
- Meaning
太 means "thick, great, grand."
Thick - Having great width; fat; large.
Great - Very large; important; senior.
Very - Extremely; exceedingly; greatly.
Grand - Magnificent; impressive; principal.
- 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).
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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.
太ってはいけません。
Don't put on weight.
John has put on a lot of weight recently.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
そうして強い太陽の光が、眼の届く限り水と山とを照らしていた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
母は不承無性に太織りの蒲団を畳みながら「お父さんはお前が帰って来たので、急に気が強くおなりなんだよ」といった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
下人はそこで、腰にさげた聖柄の太刀が鞘走らないように気をつけながら、藁草履をはいた足を、その梯子の一番下の段へふみかけた。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
旧記の記者の語を借りれば、「頭身の毛も太る」ように感じたのである。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
そうして聖柄の太刀に手をかけながら、大股に老婆の前へ歩みよった。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
」下人は、老婆をつき放すと、いきなり、太刀の鞘を払って、白い鋼の色をその眼の前へつきつけた。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
現在、わしが今、髪を抜いた女などはな、蛇を四寸ばかりずつに切って干したのを、干魚だと云うて、太刀帯の陣へ売りに往んだわ。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
それもよ、この女の売る干魚は、味がよいと云うて、太刀帯どもが、欠かさず菜料に買っていたそうな。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
下人は、太刀を鞘におさめて、その太刀の柄を左の手でおさえながら、冷然として、この話を聞いていた。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo