臺

Translingual

simpl.		台
trad.		臺

Etymology

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

Han character

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

1. tower, lookout
2. stage, platform

References

• 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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

臺 (simplified 台, Jyutping ji4, toi4, Yale yi4, toi4)

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Japanese

Kanji

臺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: たい (tai), だい (dai)
• Kun: うてな (utena), よろこぶ (yorokobu)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

臺 (simplified 台, Pinyin tái (tai2), Wade-Giles t'ai²)

Compounds

• 臺灣
• 臺北
• 臺中
• 臺南
• 臺燈
• 平臺
• 天臺
• 舞臺

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Min Nan

Hanzi

臺 (POJ tâi (tai⁵))

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Vietnamese

Han character

臺 (đài, đười, thai)