太 — Chinese character
太
tài
very, too much; big; extreme
- Pinyin
- tài
- Radical
- 37 ⼤ (Big)
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- 大 丶
- Formation
- ideographic — A giant 大 with a normal-sized man 丶 for scale
- Japanese
- 太 as a kanji
Common words with 太
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 太阳 (太陽) | tài yang | sun; sunlight; sunshine |
| 太空 | tài kōng | outer space |
| 太太 | tài tai | married woman; Mrs. |
| 太子 | tài zǐ | crown prince |
| 太阳能 (太陽能) | tài yáng néng | solar energy |
| 老太太 | lǎo tài tai | elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother |
| 太过 (太過) | tài guò | excessively; too |
| 太好了 | tài hǎo le | very good |
| 太平 | tài píng | peace and security |
| 太监 (太監) | tài jiàn | court eunuch; palace eunuch |
| 太阳系 (太陽系) | tài yáng xì | solar system |
| 太后 | tài hòu | Empress Dowager |
English words written with 太
太 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · Mencius 17 · Zhuangzi 42 · Great Learning 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 17
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 20
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 35
- Mencius 1A.7
- Mencius 2A.2
- Mencius 2A.4
- Mencius 3B.5
- Mencius 4A.8
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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