台 — kanji meaning “pedestal”
台
pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles
- Meanings
- pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles
- On'yomi
- ダイ (dai)、タイ (tai)
- Kun'yomi
- うてな、われ、つかさ
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #262 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 30
- Chinese reading
- tái, tāi — Chinese character page
Words with 台
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舞台 | ぶたい butai | stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.) |
| 台風 | たいふう taifuu | typhoon; hurricane |
| 台湾 | たいわん taiwan | Taiwan |
| 台所 | だいどころ daidokoro | kitchen |
| 土台 | どだい dodai | foundation; base; basis |
| 台無し | だいなし dainashi | spoiled; spoilt; ruined |
| 台本 | だいほん daihon | script; libretto; scenario |
| 灯台 | とうだい toudai | lighthouse |
| 屋台 | やたい yatai | cart (esp. a food cart); stall; stand |
| 寝台 | しんだい shindai | bed; couch |
| 台頭 | たいとう taitou | rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head |
| 台詞 | せりふ serifu | (spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines |
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