Onyomi: タイ, ダイ · Kunyomi: うてな, つかさ, われ · Meanings: a stand, counter for machines and vehicles, pedestal
Kanji for a stand, counter for machines and vehicles, pedestal
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The kanji 台 combines a platform-like base with strokes above, symbolizing a raised stage or stand. In ancient times, it represented a pedestal, platform, or elevated place. 台 came to mean platform, stand, or counter, capturing elevation, support, and structure.
A raised platform — 台 means platform, stand, or elevated place.
Imagine standing on a small stage to be seen — that’s 台, the kanji for platform or stand.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 台 | だい | stand, rest, base, pedestal, platform, table, holder, support, rack | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 台 | たい | Taiwan | Noun, Noun, used as a prefix, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 台 | うてな | tower | Noun |
| 台所 | だいどころ | kitchen | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 台風 | たいふう | typhoon, hurricane | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 台本 | だいほん | script, libretto, scenario | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 台無し | だいなし | spoiled, spoilt, ruined, wasted (chance, etc.), messed up, destroyed, (coming to) nothing | common JLPT-N1 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 台地 | だいち | plateau, tableland, eminence | common Noun |
| 台詞 | せりふ | (spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.), one's lines | Noun |
| 台湾 | たいわん | Taiwan | common Noun |