太

See also 大, and 犬

Translingual

Etymology

A superlative variant of 大 (“big”).

Also Simplified from 能, as in 态 (from 態).

Han character

太 (radical 37 大+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 大戈 (KI), four-corner 4003₀, composition ⿵大丶)

1. very, too, much
2. big
3. extreme
4. great

Derived characters

• 駄 态

Descendants

• た

References

• KangXi: page 248, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5834
• Dae Jaweon: page 505, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 524, character 1
• Unihan data for U+592A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

太 (jyutping taai3, Yale taai3)

Compounds

• 太子

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Japanese

Kanji

太 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. (adjective): fat

Readings

• Go'on: たい (tai)
• Kanyō'on: た (ta)
• Kun: 太い (ふと-い, futo-i), 太む (ふと-む, futo-mu), 太やか (ふと-やか, futo-yaka), 太る (ふと-る, futo-ru)
• Nanori: おお (ō), たか (taka), ひろ (hiro), ふとし (futoshi)

Compounds

Compounds

太織 (ふとおり, futoori): alternate for 太絹 太絹 (ふとぎぬ, futoginu): a type of cloth, woven using raw silk 太股 (ふともも, futomomo): the thigh 太陰 (たいいん, taiin): the moon 太陽 (たいよう, taiyō): the sun 太巻 (ふとまき, futomaki): a fat roll 太虚 (たいきょ, taikyo): the sky 太極拳 (たいきょくけん, taikyokuken): Chinese shadow boxing; tai chi 太空 (たいくう, taikū): the sky 太原 (たいげん, Taigen; たいゆあん, Taiyuan): Chinese city of Taiyuan

太古 (たいこ, taiko): ancient times 太鼓 (たいこ, taiko): a drum 太鼓橋 (たいこばし, taikobashi): an arched bridge 太鼓腹 (たいこばら, taikobara): a paunch 太子 (たいし, taishi): the crown prince 太刀 (たち, tachi): a Japanese longsword 太郎 (たろう, Tarō): a male given name 樺太 (からふと, Karafuto): Sakhalin 唐太 (からふと, Karafuto): Sakhalin

Etymology 1

Derived from the root word 大 (ō, “great, big”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: [o̞ː]

Proper noun

太 (hiragana おお, romaji Ō)

1. A surname.

Etymology 2

The Old Japanese terminal form of adjective 太い (futoi, “fat, thick, big”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: [ɸɯᵝto̞ɕi]

Proper noun

太 (hiragana ふとし, romaji Futoshi)

1. A male given name.

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Korean

Hanja

太
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 태 (revised: tae, McCune-Reischauer: t'ae)

• Name (hangeul): 클()

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

• audio

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Hanzi

太 (pinyin tài (tai4), Wade-Giles t'ai4)

Noun

太 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin tài)

1. Mrs, e.g. 李太 is Mrs. Li, 陳太 is Mrs. Chan
2. 太太, i.e. wife.

Compounds

• 迦太基 (Jiātàijī)

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Vietnamese

Han character

太 (thái)