臺
See also: 台
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Translingual
Japanese | 台 |
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Simplified | 台 |
Traditional | 臺 |
Han character
臺 (radical 133, 至+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土口月土 (GRBG), four-corner 40104, composition ⿳吉冖至)
Related characters
- 台 (Japanese shinjitai and Simplified Chinese)
References
- KangXi: page 1002, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30161
- Dae Jaweon: page 1459, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2817, character 6
- Unihan data for U+81FA
Chinese
trad. | 臺/台* | |
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simp. | 台* |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 臺 | |
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Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (臺) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
懛 | *tɯː |
儓 | *tʰɯːs, *dɯː |
臺 | *dɯː |
擡 | *dɯː |
薹 | *dɯː |
嬯 | *dɯː |
檯 | *dɯː |
籉 | *dɯː |
Originally probably a man (士) on a tower (高) from which he can shoot an arrow (至), hence meaning “watchtower”.
Pronunciation
Definitions
臺
- tower; lookout
- stage; platform
- support; stand; base
- station; broadcasting station
- Suffix for terms of address conveying respect for the addressee.
- Short for 臺灣/台湾 (Táiwān, “Taiwan”).
- Short for 臺語/台语 (táiyǔ, “Taiwanese Hokkien”).
- Classifier for machines, vehicles or electronic devices. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- † Alternative form of 薹 (tái, “sedge”).
- 南山有臺,北山有萊。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Nán shān yǒu tái, běi shān yǒu lái. [Pinyin]
- On the hills of the south is the sedge,
On those of the north is the goosefoot.
南山有台,北山有莱。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- A surname.
Usage notes
References
Compounds
Derived terms from 臺
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Japanese
台 | |
臺 |
Kanji
臺
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 台)
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Korean
Hanja
臺 • (dae) (hangeul 대, revised dae, McCune–Reischauer tae, Yale tay)
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Vietnamese
Han character
臺 (đài)
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