太

太 (radical 37, 大+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 大戈 (KI), four-corner 4003₀, composition ⿵大丶)

• 駄 态

• た

• KangXi: page 248, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5834
• Dae Jaweon: page 505, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 524, character 1
• Unihan data for U+592A

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tʰaːds) : phonetic 大 (OC *daːds, *daːds, “big; great”) + semantic 丶 – excessive.

A superlative derivative of 大 (OC *daːds, *daːds, “big”) – be too great, very great, excessive.

太

1. too; so (modifying adjectives; often used with 了 (le) at the end of the sentence for emphasis)

   太熱了！ / 太热了！  ―  Tài rè le!  ―  It's so hot!

   別吃太多派。 / 别吃太多派。  ―  Bié chī tài duō pài.  ―  Don't eat too much pie.

   • 他的褲子太短，外套和背心又太肥大。 [MSC, trad.]
     他的裤子太短，外套和背心又太肥大。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā de kùzi tài duǎn, wàitào hé bèixīn yòu tài féidà. [Pinyin]

     His trousers were too short and his coat and vest too loose.

2. (usually in negative sentences) very; quite

   他不太舒服。 [Taiwanese Mandarin]  ―  Tā bù tài shūfú. [Pinyin]  ―  He's not very well.

3. most; utmost
4. highest; greatest
5. senior; noble
6. wife; Miss; Mrs

   太太  ―  tàitai  ―  wife

   • 李太 [Cantonese]  ―  lei⁵ taai^3-2 [Jyutping]  ―  Mrs. Li
   • 陳太 / 陈太 [Cantonese]  ―  can⁴ taai^3-2 [Jyutping]  ―  Mrs. Chen
7. Short for 太湖 (Tàihú, “Lake Tai, a lake in Southern Jiangsu, China”).
8. Short for 太平洋 (Tàipíngyáng, “Pacific Ocean”).

• 很 (hěn)
• (too):

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. (adjective): fat

• Go-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: た (ta, Jōyō); だ (da); だい (dai)
• Kun: ふと (futo); ふとい (futoi, 太い, Jōyō); ふとむ (futomu, 太む); ふとやか (futoyaka, 太やか); ふとる (futoru, 太る, Jōyō)
• Nanori: おお (ō); たか (taka); ひろ (hiro); ふとし (futoshi)

Old Japanese.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ふと [fùtó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ᵝto̞]

太 (hiragana ふと, rōmaji futo)

1. fatness
2. a fat person, a fatty
3. fat-necked shamisen
4. thick thread

• (fat person): でぶ (debu)
• (shamisen): 太棹 (ふとざお) (futozao)
• (thread): 太糸 (ふといと) (futoito)

太 (hiragana ふと, rōmaji futo-)

1. added to words describing gods or the emperor or other exalted subjects to denote greatness or excellence
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 17, poem 4031); text here

     奈加等美乃 敷刀能里⟨等其⟩等 伊比波良倍 安⟨賀⟩布伊能知毛 多我多米尓奈礼

     中臣の 太祝詞言 言ひ祓へ 贖ふ命も 誰がために汝れ

     なかとみの ふとのりとごと いひはらへ あかふいのちも たがためになれ

     Nakatomi no / futonoritogoto / iiharae / akau inochi mo / ta ga tame ni nare

     Reciting the Nakatomi's excellent ritual offering, whose [long] life was prayed for? Yours.

2. added to regular nouns to denote fatness or thickness

   太 (ふと)腿 (もも)、太 (ふと)箸 (ばし)

   futo-momo, futo-bashi

   the thigh (the thick part of the leg), fat chopsticks (used at New Years)

The Old Japanese 終止形 (shūshikei, “terminal (sentence-final) form”) of adjective 太い (futoi, “fat, thick, big”).[2]

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ᵝto̞ɕi]

太 (hiragana ふとし, rōmaji Futoshi)

1. A male given name.

Derived from the root word 大 (ō, “great, big”).

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [o̞ː]

太 (hiragana おお, rōmaji Ō, historical hiragana おほ)

1. A surname​.

From Middle Chinese 太 (thajH). Compare modern Mandarin 太 (tài).

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠i]

太 (hiragana たい, rōmaji tai-)

1. big, fat, great

• Only found in compounds.

From a colloquial form of 太 in Middle Chinese. Compare the similar corruption in Mandarin 大 (dà).

• Kan’yōyomi
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠i]

太 (hiragana た, rōmaji ta-)

1. big, fat, great

Only found in compounds.

太 • (tae)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 태 (revised: tae, McCune–Reischauer: t'ae)
  • Name (hangeul): 클 (revised: keul, McCune–Reischauer: k'ul)

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太 (thái)

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