tāi

unborn child

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
⺼ meaning component

  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

台 sound component

  Sound component

tái

  

platform

Evolution

胎 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
胎 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
胎 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

tāi

unborn child, embryo, fetus; fetus; litter; tire; abbr. of 輪胎|轮胎

Most common words with 胎
Freq.
Word
Meaning

轮胎

tire

fetus

双胞胎

twin

胎儿

fetus

怪胎

freak