Chinese Character 台 Meanings and components.

Form

台

Meaning

台 meaning[3] in English

Taiwan (Abbr.).

Surname Tai.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 台 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are old variant of … (厶) , and mouth (口)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with IR

How to write 台

To write台tai2Taiwan (abbr.) you should write a combination of 厶si1old variant … , 口kou3mouth arranged in a 吕 shape:

厶 + 口 = 台

台 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 台 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 台, looks as follow:

台
Pinyin:tai2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Taiwan (Abbr.) . Surname Tai
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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