The kanji 台: meaning, readings and stroke order
台
- Meaning
- stand, counter for cars
- On reading
- ダイ dai、タイ tai
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 口 mouth, opening
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
- Old form
- 臺
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- cái bệ, chiếc (xe) (đài)
- Japanese
- ものを のせる だい。くるまを かぞえる ことば。
- Korean
- 받침대, 대 (태)
- Chinese
- 台子、辆
Readings, words and example sentences
ダイ dai · on reading
一台
one (car or machine)
門の 前に 車が 一台 とまって います。
One car is parked in front of the gate.
タイ tai · on reading
台風
typhoon
台風で 木が たおれました。
A tree fell down in the typhoon.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.