太一

Chinese

		supreme ultimate	one (1) unity first
simp. and trad. (太一)		太	一

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàiyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàiyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàiyi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-i¹
    • Yale: tài-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayi
    • Palladius: тайи (taji)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵/

Proper noun

太一

1. (archaic) synonym of 北極星 / 北极星 (Běijíxīng), the North Star, particularly in religious contexts
2. (archaic) synonym of 玉皇 (Yùhuáng), emperor of the heavens
3. (Taoism) primordial unity, the ultimate beginning and reason of everything in existence

Synonyms

• 泰一 (tàiyī), 太乙, 東皇太一 / 东皇太一, 皇天上帝泰一

Derived terms

• 東皇太一 / 东皇太一

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
太	一
たい Grade: 2	いつ Grade: 1

Alternative spellings
泰一 太乙

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たいいつ [táꜜììtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠iit͡sɨ]

Noun

太(たい)一(いつ) • (taiitsu) ^{←たいいつ (taiitu)?}

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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
太	一
た Grade: 2	いち Grade: 1
on'yomi

Proper noun

太(た)一(いち) • (Taichi) 

1. a male given name

References

• “太一”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026