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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

台

Radical

Radical: 口

Reading: くち

Meaning: mouth, opening

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

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

Onyomi Examples

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

Kunyomi Examples

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)

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