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Translingual [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

Originally probably a man () on a tower () from which he can shoot an arrow (), hence meaning "watchtower"

Han character [edit]

(radical 133 +8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土口月土 (GRBG), four-corner 40104)

  1. tower, lookout
  2. stage, platform

References [edit]

  • 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

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(simplified , Yale toi4)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

Readings [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised dae, McCune-Reischauer tae, Yale tay)


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(simplified , pinyin tái (tai2), Wade-Giles t'ai2)

Compounds [edit]


Min Nan [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(POJ tâi)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(đài, đười, thai)