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

台

  • Meaning

    台 means "platform, stand, tower."

    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.

  • Words using 台

    • 舞台 ぶたい Listen stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production
    • 台所 だいどころ Listen kitchen; financial situation; finances
    • 大台 おおだい Listen (major) mark; level; barrier
    • 台本 だいほん Listen script; libretto; scenario
    • 土台 どだい Listen foundation; base; basis
    • 舞台裏 ぶたいうら Listen offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
    • 天文台 てんもんだい Listen astronomical observatory
    • 荷台 にだい Listen (truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack

  • Four-character idioms with 台

    • 舞台装置 ぶたいそうち Listen stage setting
    • 台風一過 たいふういっか Listen clear weather after a typhoon has passed

  • Tattoo check: 台

    • Verified meaning: platform, stand, tower
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read うつ, うてな, たい, だい)

    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 台

    Surnames 台(うつ)Listen 台(うてな)Listen 台(たい)Listen 台(だい)Listen

  • 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).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    dai(ダイ) ダイ

    tai(タイ) タイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsukasa(つかさ) つかさ

    utena(うてな) うてな

    ware(われ) われ

  • Strokes

    tip

    5 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    platform stand tower counter court flat land foundation honorific tool pedestal table desk base bench podium rack stage support shelf plinth raised structure surface

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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