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台 (Tái): meaning and stroke order

台 (Tái) means Taiwan (abbr.), surname Tai, desk; table; counter, platform, stage, terrace, stand.

台

Simplified
台
Traditional
台, 檯, 臺, 颱
Pinyin
Tái · tāi

Stroke order of 台

台

  • Tái Taiwan (abbr.); surname Tai
  • tāi used in place names
  • tái (classical) you (in letters); variant of 臺|台[tai2]
  • 5 strokes
  • Traditional form: 檯

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 台

  1. Tái
    • Taiwan (abbr.)
    • surname Tai
  2. tái Traditional 檯
    • desk; table; counter
  3. Tái Traditional 臺
    • Taiwan (abbr.)
  4. tái Traditional 臺
    • platform
    • stage
    • terrace
    • stand
    • support
    • station
    • broadcasting station
    • classifier for vehicles or machines
  5. tái Traditional 颱
    • typhoon
  6. tái
    • (classical) you (in letters)
    • variant of 臺|台[tai2]
  7. tāi
    • used in place names

Radical and structure

台
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 5 strokes · 厶 on top, 口 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 台

台 in our stories

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  • 两年后，公司在纽约上市，苗立站在交易所的台上，敲响了开市的钟声。

    liǎng nián hòu gōngsī zài Niǔyuē shàngshì Miáo Lì zhàn zài jiāoyìsuǒ de tái shàng qiāo xiǎng le kāishì de zhōngshēng

    Two years later the company listed in New York, and Miao Li stood on the exchange podium and rang the opening bell.

    From the story The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 台

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).