Chinese Character Wiki
臺

tái

tower, platform

Depicts a tall (高) building (室).

Components
高 meaning,remnant component

高  Meaning Remnant component

gāo

  

high

室 meaning component

室  Meaning component

shì

  

room

Evolution

臺 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
臺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
臺 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
臺 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

台 (臺) 

tái

tower, lookout; stage, platform; platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; station; broadcasting station; classifier for vehicles or machines

台 (臺) 

Tái

Taiwan (abbr.)

Most common words with 臺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

台

stage

舞台

stage

台湾

Taiwan

平台

platform

台上

on stage

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

擡

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

檯 薹 擡

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lˤə

doj

tái

tower


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 59.2183% of movies

500th most common character in movies

388th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

台

Unicode

U+81FA

Shuowen

“臺，觀，四方而高者。从至、从之、从高省。與室屋同意。”


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