Chinese symbol for “desk”
台
tái
Traditional: 檯
desk; table; counter
The closest CC-CEDICT match for desk is 台 (tái), defined as: desk; table; counter.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “desk”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 书桌 (書桌) | shū zhuō | desk; 张 (zhāng) |
| 台子 (檯子) | tái zi | desk; (pool etc) table |
| 桌子 | zhuō zi | table; desk |
| 桌 | zhuō | table; desk |
| 讲台 (講臺) | jiǎng tái | platform; podium; rostrum; lectern |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 台.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平台 (平臺) | píng tái | platform; terrace |
| 电视台 (電視台) | diàn shì tái | television station |
| 电台 (電臺) | diàn tái | transmitter-receiver; broadcasting station |
| 舞台 (舞臺) | wǔ tái | (lit. and fig.) stage; arena |
| 出台 (出臺) | chū tái | to officially launch (a policy, program etc); to appear on stage |
See also: Japanese symbol for “desk”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.