臺
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[edit] Translingual
| 台 | |
| 臺 |
[edit] Etymology
Originally probably a man (士) on a tower (高) from which he can shoot an arrow (至), hence meaning "watchtower"
[edit] Han character
臺 (radical 133 至+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土口月土 (GRBG), four-corner 40104)
[edit] References
- KangXi: page 1002, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30161
- Dae Jaweon: page 1459, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2817, character 6
- Unihan data for U+81FA
[edit] Cantonese
[edit] Hanzi
臺 (simplified 台, Yale toi4)
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Kanji
臺
[edit] Readings
[edit] Korean
[edit] Hanja
臺 (hangeul 대, revised dae, McCune-Reischauer tae, Yale tay)
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Hanzi
臺 (simplified 台, pinyin tái (tai2), Wade-Giles t'ai2)
[edit] Compounds
[edit] Min Nan
[edit] Hanzi
臺 (POJ tâi)
