Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2
JLPT level: N4
262 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 5
Meaning: pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles
Kunyomi: うてな, われ, つかさ
Onyomi: ダイ, タイ
Composition: 厶 口
Radical: 口
Reading: くち
Meaning: mouth, opening
Strokes: 3
台(だい) stand, rack
台座(だいざ) pedestal
台所(だいどころ) kitchen
台地(だいち) plateau
一台(いちだい) one (machine)
気象台(きしょうだい) meteorological observatory
台湾(たいわん) Taiwan
台風(たいふう) typhoon
台 (ダイ) stand, rest, base, pedestal, platform, table, holder, support, rack, setting (of a gem), mounting, stock (in grafting), counter for machines and vehicles, level (e.g. price level), mark, range, decade (of one's life), tall building (with a fine view), (observation) platform, plateau, heights
台車 (ダイシャ) platform truck, hand truck, trolley, dolly, cart, truck, bogie
管区気象台 (カンクキショウダイ) district meteorological observatory
気象台 (キショウダイ) meteorological observatory
台 (タイ) Taiwan
台頭 (タイトウ) rise (e.g. of a movement), emergence, rearing one's head, gaining prominence, coming to the fore, gaining power, gathering strength
屋台 (ヤタイ) cart (esp. a food cart), stall, stand, festival float, portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house, dancing platform, stage prop fashioned after a large building, framework (of a building), foundation, house (esp. a small and miserable one)
最後の舞台 (サイゴノブタイ) final performance, swan song, last act
台 (うてな) tower, stand, pedestal, calyx
弾正台 (だんじょうだい) Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (1869-1871), Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (under the ritsuryō system)