Chinese Character 太 Meanings and components.

Form

太

Meaning

太 meaning[3] in English

Highest.

Greatest.

Too (Much).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 太 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are big (大) , and 'dot' radical in … (丶)

Its radical[1] is: 大 (da4) which means: Big, Huge, Large, Major, Great, Wide, Deep, Older (Than), Oldest, Eldest, Greatly, Very Much, (Dialect) Father, Father's Elder Or Younger Brother, .大da4big

In cangjie it is written with KI

How to write 太

To write太tai4highest you should write a combination of 大da4big , 丶zhu3'dot' radical … arranged in a + shape:

大 + 丶 = 太

太 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

太
Pinyin:tai4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Highest . Greatest . Too (Much) . Very . Extremely
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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