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 (first edition): volume 4, page 2817, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+81FA

Chinese[edit]

trad. 臺/台*
simp. 台*
alternative forms 坮
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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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		toi4
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
    天文臺 / 天文台  ―  tiānwéntái  ―  observatory (place where celestial bodies are observed)
    氣象臺 / 气象台  ―  qìxiàngtái  ―  meteorological observatory
    電視臺 / 电视台  ―  diànshìtái  ―  television station
    1. (specifically) broadcasting station or channel; television station or channel
      臺標 / 台标  ―  táibiāo  ―  television station logo
      換臺 / 换台  ―  huàntái  ―  to change the television channel
      北京臺 / 北京台  ―  Běijīngtái  ―  Beijing TV
      芒果臺 / 芒果台  ―  Mángguǒtái  ―  Hunan TV
      今晚看哪個臺？ / 今晚看哪个台？  ―  Jīnwǎn kàn nǎge tái?  ―  Which channel shall [we] watch?
  5. Suffix for terms of address conveying respect for the addressee.
  6. Short for 臺灣／台灣／台湾 (Táiwān, “Taiwan”).
    乙未割臺 / 乙未割台  ―  yǐwèi gē Tái  ―  Cession of Taiwan in 1895
  7. Short for 臺語／台語／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​.
  11. (mahjong) points

Usage notes[edit]

  • Although use of the traditional form 臺 is encouraged by the ROC Ministry of Education, the variant 台 is commonly used instead.[1]
  • The surname 臺 (Tái) is different from the surname 台 (Yí). Note that 臺 has been simplified to 台 in mainland China.

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 輛 (“(classifier for vehicles)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 輛, 部
Mandarin Beijing 輛, 掛 >
Taiwan 輛, 臺
Jinan 輛, 掛 >
Luoyang 輛, 部
Xi'an 輛, 掛 >
Yinchuan 輛
Xining 輛
Ürümqi 輛, 部
Wuhan 乘, 部
Chengdu 架, 掛, 輛
Guiyang 部
Liuzhou 部
Xuzhou 輛, 部
Yangzhou 掛, 輛
Nanjing 部, 輛, 掛 dated
Hefei 掛, 架
Malaysia 輛
Singapore 輛
Cantonese Guangzhou 架, 部
Hong Kong 架, 部
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 架
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 架
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 架
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 架
Macau 架
Panyu 架
Huadu (Huashan) 架
Conghua 架
Zengcheng 架
Foshan 架
Nanhai (Shatou) 架
Shunde 架
Sanshui 架
Gaoming (Mingcheng) 架
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 架
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 架
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 部
Doumen 架
Jiangmen (Baisha) 架
Xinhui 架
Taishan 架
Kaiping (Chikan) 架
Enping (Niujiang) 架
Heshan (Yayao) 架
Dongguan 架
Bao'an (Shajing) 架
Yangjiang 架
Danzhou 架
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 堂
Gan Nanchang 隻, 部
Pingxiang 部
Hakka Meixian 輛, 架
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 輛
Huiyang 架
Dongguan (Qingxi) 架
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 架
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 架
Wuhua (Huacheng) 輛
Heyuan (Bendihua) 架
Wengyuan 輛
Liannan 架, 部
Conghua (Lütian) 架
Jiexi 輛
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 輛
Changting 架
Wuping (Yanqian) 輛
Ninghua 輛
Ningdu 部
Tonggu (Sandu) 部
Ganzhou (Panlong) 頂
Dayu 部, 輛
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 臺
Liudui (S. Sixian) 臺
Hsinchu (Hailu) 臺, 輛
Dongshi (Dabu) 臺
Hsinchu (Raoping) 臺, 輛
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 輛
Hong Kong 架
Yangxi (Tangkou) 部
Yangchun (Sanjia) 部
Xinyi (Sihe) 部
Xinyi (Qianpai) 部
Gaozhou (Xindong) 架
Dianbai (Shalang) 架
Huazhou (Xin'an) 部
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 部
Mengshan (Xihe) 部, 個
Luchuan 架
Senai (Huiyang) 床
Singkawang 輛, 臺, 堂
Huizhou Jixi 部
Jin Taiyuan 輛, 掛 >, 部
Xinzhou 輛
Min Bei Jian'ou 架
Min Dong Fuzhou 架, 部
Changle 架
Fuqing 門
Yongtai 架
Gutian 架
Fu'an 架
Ningde 架
Shouning 部
Zhouning 篷
Fuding 架
Min Nan Xiamen 頂
Xiamen (Tong'an) 頂
Quanzhou 頂
Jinjiang 把, 頂
Yongchun 頂
Zhangzhou 頂
Zhangpu 頂
Tainan 臺
Penang (Hokkien) 頂
Singapore (Hokkien) 頂
Manila (Hokkien) 頂
Chaozhou 張, 隻
Shantou 隻
Chenghai 隻
Haifeng 輛
Bangkok (Teochew) 隻
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 隻
Leizhou 架
Wenchang 架
Haikou 架, 場
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 架
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 架
Wu Shanghai 部
Chongming 部
Suzhou 部
Danyang 部
Hangzhou 部, 輛
Ningbo 部
Wenzhou 部, 把 †
Jinhua 部
Xiang Changsha 部, 張 †, 把 †
Shuangfeng 間, 部
Loudi 部
Note > - large vehicles; † - large handcarts
Dialectal synonyms of 番 (“points (mahjong)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 番
Mandarin Taiwan 臺
Muping 番
Singapore 臺, 番
Cantonese Hong Kong 番
Singapore (Guangfu) 番
Gan Nanchang 番
Lichuan 番
Min Nan Taipei 臺 GT
Singapore (Hokkien) 臺
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shih Hsiu-chuan (14 December 2010) , “Premier respects ‘choice’ on spelling”, in Taipei Times‎[1], archived from the original on 13 January 2012, 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]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Chinese 臺 (MC dʌi).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᄄᆡᆼ (Yale: ttòy)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2] ᄃᆡᆺ (Yale: tòy-s) ᄃᆡ (Yale: tòy)

Pronunciation[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

臺 (eumhun 대 대 (dae dae))

  1. Hanja form? of 대 (“platform”).
  2. Hanja form? of 대 (“counter for vehicles or machinery”).

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

Proper noun[edit]

Hanja in this term
臺

臺 • (Dae) (hangeul 대)

  1. (in news headlines) Short for 臺(대)灣(만) (Daeman, “Taiwan”).

Usage notes[edit]

A common convention in news headlines, this is almost always written solely in the Hanja form, even in contemporary Korean text otherwise devoid of any Hanja.

References[edit]

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

臺: Hán Nôm readings: đài

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