態

See also: 态 and 熊

態 U+614B, 態 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-614B ← 慊 [U+614A] CJK Unified Ideographs 慌 → [U+614C]

Translingual

Han character

態 (radical 61, 心+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈心心 (IPP), four-corner 2133₁, composition ⿱能心)

Descendants

• 态

References

• KangXi: page 398, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11052
• Dae Jaweon: page 737, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2335, character 7
• Unihan data for U+614B

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Chinese

trad.		態
simp.		态

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (能) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
態	*n̥ʰɯːs
能	*nɯː, *nɯːs, *nɯːŋ, *nɯːŋʔ
螚	*nɯːs
褦	*nɯːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *n̥ʰɯːs): phonetic 能 (OC *nɯː, *nɯːs, *nɯːŋ, *nɯːŋʔ) + semantic 心 (“heart”) – one’s heart-felt attitude.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tài (tai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): thài / thāi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tài
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ
    • Wade–Giles: t'ai⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tay
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³
    • Yale: taai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɑːi̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài
    • Tâi-lô: thài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: taix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaɪ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰaɪ¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /tʰaɪ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thāi
    • Tâi-lô: thāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tai
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰaɪ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thài
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰai²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /tʰʌi^H/▼

Rime
Character	態
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	他代切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəiH/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəjH/
Li Rong	/tʰᴀiH/
Wang Li	/tʰɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tài

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*n̥ˤə-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*n̥ʰɯːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	態
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tài
Middle Chinese	‹ thojH ›
Old Chinese	/*n̥ˁə-s/
English	bearing, manner
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	態
Reading #	1/1
No.	9410
Phonetic component	能
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	貸
Old Chinese	/*n̥ʰɯːs/

Definitions

態

1. condition; state
2. form; shape
3. manner; bearing; attitude
4. situation; posture
5. (grammar) voice; diathesis

Compounds

Derived terms from 態

• 一反常態／一反常态 (yīfǎnchángtài)
• 三態／三态
• 不勝之態／不胜之态
• 世態／世态 (shìtài)
• 世態人情／世态人情
• 世態炎涼／世态炎凉
• 事態／事态 (shìtài)
• 交態／交态
• 低姿態／低姿态 (dīzītài)
• 作態／作态 (zuòtài)
• 像態／像态
• 儀態／仪态 (yítài)
• 儀態萬千／仪态万千
• 儀態萬方／仪态万方
• 兒女態／儿女态
• 凝態／凝态
• 動態／动态 (dòngtài)
• 動態助詞／动态助词 (dòngtài zhùcí)
• 動態平衡／动态平衡
• 千嬌百態／千娇百态
• 千態萬狀／千态万状
• 千狀萬態／千状万态
• 固態／固态 (gùtài)
• 型態／型态 (xíngtài)
• 失態／失态 (shītài)
• 女兒意態／女儿意态
• 女兒態／女儿态
• 姿態／姿态 (zītài)
• 媚態／媚态 (mèitài)
• 嬌態／娇态 (jiāotài)
• 完全變態／完全变态
• 容態／容态 (róngtài)
• 富態／富态 (fùtai)
• 小兒之態／小儿之态
• 尤態／尤态
• 層態／层态
• 巔峰狀態／巅峰状态
• 常態／常态 (chángtài)
• 常態分班／常态分班
• 常態法／常态法
• 形態／形态 (xíngtài)

• 形態學／形态学 (xíngtàixué)
• 心態／心态 (xīntài)
• 心理變態／心理变态
• 忸怩作態／忸怩作态
• 性變態／性变态
• 情態／情态 (qíngtài)
• 惺惺作態／惺惺作态
• 意態／意态 (yìtài)
• 意識型態／意识型态
• 意識形態／意识形态 (yìshí xíngtài)
• 態勢／态势 (tàishì)
• 態度／态度 (tàidù)
• 態度冷靜／态度冷静
• 態度嚴肅／态度严肃
• 憨態／憨态
• 故態／故态
• 故態復萌／故态复萌
• 柔情綽態／柔情绰态
• 殊豔尤態／殊艳尤态
• 氣態／气态 (qìtài)
• 氣態溶液／气态溶液
• 液態／液态 (yètài)
• 液態氧／液态氧
• 液態溶液／液态溶液
• 淫情浪態／淫情浪态
• 炎涼世態／炎凉世态
• 物態／物态
• 物質三態／物质三态
• 狀態／状态 (zhuàngtài)
• 狀態詞／状态词 (zhuàngtàicí)
• 狂奴故態／狂奴故态
• 狂態／狂态
• 玻璃狀態／玻璃状态
• 生態／生态 (shēngtài)
• 生態地位／生态地位
• 生態工程／生态工程
• 生態平衡／生态平衡 (shēngtài pínghéng)
• 生態環境／生态环境 (shēngtài huánjìng)
• 生態系／生态系 (shēngtàixì)
• 生態結構／生态结构

• 生態農業／生态农业
• 生活型態／生活型态
• 生活態度／生活态度
• 異態／异态
• 病態／病态 (bìngtài)
• 盡態極妍／尽态极妍
• 社會病態／社会病态
• 神態／神态 (shéntài)
• 神態自如／神态自如
• 神態自若／神态自若
• 窘態／窘态 (jiǒngtài)
• 窘態畢露／窘态毕露
• 窘態百出／窘态百出
• 緊急狀態／紧急状态 (jǐnjí zhuàngtài)
• 老態／老态
• 老態龍鍾／老态龙钟
• 膠著狀態／胶著状态
• 自然生態／自然生态
• 舊態復萌／旧态复萌
• 舞態生風／舞态生风
• 表態／表态 (biǎotài)
• 表態句／表态句
• 裝腔作態／装腔作态
• 觀念形態／观念形态
• 變態／变态 (biàntài)
• 變態心理／变态心理
• 超固態／超固态
• 逸態橫生／逸态横生
• 醉態／醉态 (zuìtài)
• 醜態／丑态 (chǒutài)
• 醜態畢露／丑态毕露
• 醜態百出／丑态百出
• 靜態／静态 (jìngtài)
• 靜態說／静态说
• 風態／风态
• 風雲變態／风云变态
• 飽和狀態／饱和状态
• 體態／体态 (tǐtài)
• 體態輕盈／体态轻盈
• 高情逸態／高情逸态

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Japanese

Kanji

態

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
• Kun: さま (sama, 態); わざと (wazato, 態と)

Noun

態 (hiragana たい, rōmaji tai)

1. (grammar) voice - a particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

Suffix

態 (hiragana たい, rōmaji -tai)

1. (grammar) voice, diathesis

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Korean

Hanja

態 • (tae) (hangeul 태, revised tae, McCune–Reischauer t'ae, Yale thay)

1. manner, bearing, attitude

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Vietnamese

Han character

態 (thái, thói)

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