台
platform; pedestal; a stand; counter for machines and vehicles
5 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 262.
Readings
- ダイ (on reading): 台 (だい) stand; 台所 (だいどころ) kitchen
- タイ (on reading): 舞台 (ぶたい) stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); 台風 (たいふう) typhoon
- うてな (kun reading): 九層の台は累土より起こる (きゅうそうのうてなはるいどよりおこる) many a little makes a mickle
- われ (kun reading)
- つかさ (kun reading)
- Read as a whole word: 台詞 (せりふ) (spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); 決め台詞 (きめぜりふ) signature phrase; 台詞回し (せりふまわし) theatrical elocution
Components
Kanji containing 台
- 治 reign
- 始 commence
- 怠 neglect
- 胎 womb
- 冶 melting
- 怡 rejoice
- 抬 lift
- 苔 moss
- 殆 almost
- 笞 whip
- 紿 deceive
- 詒 deceive
- 貽 leave behind
- 飴 rice jelly
- 颱 typhoon
- 駘 stupid
Words using 台
- 台 (だい) stand
- 台所 (だいどころ) kitchen
- 仙台 (せんだい) Sendai (city in Miyagi)
- 台地 (だいち) plateau
- 台車 (だいしゃ) platform truck
- 舞台 (ぶたい) stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.)
- 台風 (たいふう) typhoon
- 台湾 (たいわん) Taiwan
- 台頭 (たいとう) rise (e.g. of a movement)
- 屋台 (やたい) cart (esp. a food cart)
- 台詞 (せりふ) (spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.)
- 決め台詞 (きめぜりふ) signature phrase
- 台詞回し (せりふまわし) theatrical elocution
- 捨て台詞 (すてぜりふ) sharp parting remark
- 名台詞 (めいせりふ) famous line (from a movie, book, etc.)
- 九層の台は累土より起こる (きゅうそうのうてなはるいどよりおこる) many a little makes a mickle
- 長台詞 (ながぜりふ) long speech
392 words in all.