太
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A superlative variant of 大 (“big”).
Also Simplified from 能, as in 态 (from 態).
Han character[edit]
太 (radical 37 大+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 大戈 (KI), four-corner 40030, composition ⿵大丶)
Derived characters[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- 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
Cantonese[edit]
Hanzi[edit]
太 (jyutping taai3, Yale taai3)
Compounds[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
- (adjective): fat
Readings[edit]
- Goon: たい (tai)
- Kan’on: たい (tai)
- Kan’yōon: た (ta), だ (da), だい (dai)
- Kun: ふと (futo), ふと.い (太い, futo.i), ふと.む (太む, futo.mu), ふと.やか (太やか, futo.yaka), ふと.る (太る, futo.ru)
- Nanori: おお (ō), たか (taka), ひろ (hiro), ふとし (futoshi)
Compounds[edit]
Compounds
Etymology 1[edit]
Old Japanese.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
Prefix[edit]
- added to words describing gods or the emperor or other exalted subjects to denote greatness or excellence
- [2]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, who's [long] life was prayed for? Yours.
- 中臣の 太祝詞言 言ひ祓へ 贖ふ命も 誰がために汝れ
- [2]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
- added to regular nouns to denote fatness or thickness
- 太腿、太箸
- ふともも、ふとばし
futomomo, futobashi - the thigh (the thick part of the leg), fat chopsticks (used at New Years)
- ふともも、ふとばし
- 太腿、太箸
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Etymology 2[edit]
The Old Japanese terminal form of adjective 太い (futoi, “fat, thick, big”).[3]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
太 (hiragana ふとし, romaji Futoshi)
- A male given name.
Etymology 3[edit]
Derived from the root word 大 (ō, “great, big”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
太 (hiragana おお, romaji Ō, historical hiragana おほ)
- A surname.
Etymology 4[edit]
From Middle Chinese 太 (thajH). Compare modern Mandarin 太 (tài).
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
Usage[edit]
Only found in compounds.
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
References[edit]
- ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
- ^ c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 17, poem #4031); text here
- ^ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
太
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 태 (revised: tae, McCune-Reischauer: t'ae)
- Name (hangeul): 클 (revised: keul, McCune-Reischauer: k'ul)
Mandarin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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audio (file)
Hanzi[edit]
太 (pinyin tài (tai4), Wade-Giles t'ai4)
Noun[edit]
太 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin tài)
Compounds[edit]
- 迦太基 (Jiātàijī)
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
太 (thái)
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- Korean hanja
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