胎

Translingual

Han character

胎 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月戈口 (BIR), four-corner 7326₀, composition ⿰月台)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 978, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29369
• Dae Jaweon: page 1429, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2065, character 6
• Unihan data for U+80CE

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Chinese

trad.		胎
simp. #		胎
alternative forms		孡

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (台) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
胎	*l̥ʰɯː
台	*l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ
邰	*l̥ʰɯː
鮐	*l̥ʰɯː, *lɯ
孡	*l̥ʰɯː
苔	*l'ɯː
抬	*l'ɯː
駘	*l'ɯː, *l'ɯːʔ
炱	*l'ɯː
菭	*l'ɯː, *l'i
跆	*l'ɯː
殆	*l'ɯːʔ
怠	*l'ɯːʔ
迨	*l'ɯːʔ
紿	*l'ɯːʔ
詒	*l'ɯːʔ, *lɯ
軩	*l'ɯːʔ
咍	*hlɯː
佁	*lɯːʔ, *l̥ʰɯs, *lɯʔ
枲	*slɯʔ
辝	*ljɯ
鈶	*ljɯʔ
笞	*l̥ʰɯ
齝	*l̥ʰɯ, *hljɯ
眙	*l̥ʰɯs, *lɯ
治	*l'ɯ, *l'ɯs, *l'is
始	*hljɯʔ
怡	*lɯ
貽	*lɯ
飴	*lɯ
瓵	*lɯ
珆	*li

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāi (tai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): toi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thôi
• Northern Min (KCR): tái
• Eastern Min (BUC): tăi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thai / ther / the

  (Teochew, Peng'im): to¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tai
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai¹
    • Yale: tāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tai
    • Palladius: тай (taj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: toi¹
    • Yale: tōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: toi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: toi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: toi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯²⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tăi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thai
    • Tâi-lô: thai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tay
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰai⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ther
    • Tâi-lô: ther
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: the
    • Tâi-lô: the
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tef
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰe⁴⁴/

Note:

• thai - literary;
• ther/the - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: to¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tho
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo³³/

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• Middle Chinese: thoj

Rime
Character	胎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	土來切
Baxter	thoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəi/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəj/
Li Rong	/tʰᴀi/
Wang Li	/tʰɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tāi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	toi1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰɯː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	胎
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tāi
Middle Chinese	‹ thoj ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁə/
English	fetus
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	胎
Reading #	1/1
No.	12259
Phonetic component	台
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	胎
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰɯː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 胎

1. fetus; unborn child
2. source, origin
3. to bring up, to rear
4. pearl in shell
5. roughcast
6. padding
7. tongue coating; fur

   alt. forms: 苔

8. to escape
9. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 鮐／鲐 (tái).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tyre

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāi (tai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): toi¹ / taai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thôi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thai / ther / the

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tai
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai¹
    • Yale: tāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tai
    • Palladius: тай (taj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: toi¹ / taai¹
    • Yale: tōi / tāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toi¹ / taai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: toi¹ / tai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵/, /tʰaːi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: toi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: toi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thai
    • Tâi-lô: thai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tay
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰai⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ther
    • Tâi-lô: ther
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: the
    • Tâi-lô: the
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tef
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰe⁴⁴/

Note:

• thai - literary;
• ther/the - vernacular.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 胎

1. tyre (tire)

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Japanese

Kanji

胎

(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
• Kun: はらむ (haramu, 胎む)

Compounds

Compounds

• 懐胎(かいたい) (kaitai)
• 奇胎(きたい) (kitai)
• 鬼胎(きたい) (kitai)
• 金胎(きんたい) (kintai)
• 金胎(こんたい) (kontai)
• 死胎(したい) (shitai)
• 受胎(じゅたい) (jutai)
• 双胎(そうたい) (sōtai)
• 胎衣(たいい) (taii)
• 胎位(たいい) (taii)
• 胎芽(たいが) (taiga)
• 胎教(たいきょう) (taikyō)
• 胎金(たいこん) (taikon)
• 胎座(たいざ) (taiza)
• 胎屎(たいし) (taishi)
• 胎児(たいじ) (taiji)
• 胎生(たいしょう) (taishō)
• 胎生(たいせい) (taisei)
• 胎蔵(たいぞう) (taizō)
• 胎中(たいちゅう) (taichū)
• 胎土(たいど) (taido)
• 胎動(たいどう) (taidō)
• 胎毒(たいどく) (taidoku)
• 胎内(たいない) (tainai)
• 胎内(たいない) (Tainai)
• 胎盤(たいばん) (taiban)
• 胎便(たいべん) (taiben)
• 胎膜(たいまく) (taimaku)
• 胎孕(たいよう) (taiyō)
• 胎卵湿化(たいらんしっけ) (tairanshikke)
• 胎(たい)を結(むす)ぶ (tai o musubu)
• 多胎(たたい) (tatai)
• 堕胎(だたい) (datai)
• 脱胎(だったい) (dattai), 奪胎(だったい) (dattai)
• 電胎版(でんたいばん) (dentaiban)
• 胚胎(はいたい) (haitai)
• 品胎(ひんたい) (hintai)
• 不胎化(ふたいか) (futaika)
• 母胎(ぼたい) (botai)
• 籃胎(らんたい) (rantai)
• 露胎(ろたい) (rotai)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
胎
たい Grade: S
on'yomi

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 胎 (thoj).

Noun

胎(たい) • (tai) 

1. womb

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 胎 (thai)

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