臺

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See also: 台
臺 U+81FA, 臺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81FA
← 臹
[U+81F9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 臻 →
[U+81FB]

Translingual[edit]

Japanese 台
Simplified 台
Traditional 臺

Han character[edit]

臺 (radical 133, 至+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土口月土 (GRBG), four-corner 40104, composition ⿳吉冖至)

Derived characters[edit]

Related characters[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

trad. 臺/台*
simp. 台*
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Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 臺
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
臺-seal.svg 臺-bigseal.svg
Characters in the same phonetic series (臺) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
懛 *tɯː
儓 *tʰɯːs, *dɯː
臺 *dɯː
擡 *dɯː
薹 *dɯː
嬯 *dɯː
檯 *dɯː
籉 *dɯː

Originally probably a man (士) on a tower (高) from which he can shoot an arrow (至), hence meaning “watchtower”.

Pronunciation[edit]

Rime
Character 臺
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒哀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/dʌi/
Pan
Wuyun 		/dəi/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dəj/
Li
Rong 		/dᴀi/
Wang
Li 		/dɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/dʱɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tái
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 臺
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		tái
Middle
Chinese 		‹ doj ›
Old
Chinese 		/*lˁə/
English tower

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 臺
Reading # 1/1
No. 12306
Phonetic
component 		臺
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		臺
Old
Chinese 		/*dɯː/
Notes 室高省，小徐之聲

Definitions[edit]

臺

  1. tower; lookout
  2. stage; platform
  3. support; stand; base
  4. station; broadcasting station
  5. Suffix for terms of address conveying respect for the addressee.
  6. Short for 臺灣／台湾 (Táiwān, “Taiwan”).
  7. Short for 臺語／台语 (táiyǔ, “Taiwanese Hokkien”).
  8. Classifier for machines, vehicles or electronic devices. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
  9. † Alternative form of 薹 (tái, “sedge”).
  10. A surname​.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Although use of the full traditional form 臺 is encouraged by the ROC Ministry of Education, the alternate form 台 is also commonly used.[1]
  • The surname 臺 (tái) is different from the surname 台 (yí). Note that 台 is the simplified form of 臺 in mainland China.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shih Hsiu-chuan (14 December 2010), “Premier respects ‘choice’ on spelling”, in Taipei Times‎[1], retrieved 8 January 2015, page 3

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 臺

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai

台

Kyūjitai

臺

Kanji[edit]

臺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 台)

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Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

臺 • (dae) (hangeul 대, revised dae, McCune–Reischauer tae, Yale tay)

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Compounds[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

臺 (đài)

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