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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N3

552 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: plump, thick, big around

Kunyomi: ふと.い, ふと.る

Onyomi: タイ, タ

Composition: 大 丶

太

Radical

Radical: 大

Reading: だい

Meaning: big, very

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

太陽(たいよう)   sun

太鼓(たいこ)   drum

太平洋(たいへいよう)   Pacific Ocean

太古(たいこ)   ancient times

丸太(まるた)   log

太る(ふとる)   become fat

太い(ふとい)   fat, thick

Onyomi Examples

大山 (タイザン) great mountain, large mountain

太鼓 (タイコ) drum

太太 (タイタイ) wife

馬太 (マタイ) Matthew (the Apostle)

大山 (タイザン) great mountain, large mountain

太鼓 (タイコ) drum

羽太 (ハタ) sea basses, groupers

赤羽太 (アカハタ) blacktip grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus fasciatus)

Kunyomi Examples

太い (ふとい) fat, thick, deep (of a voice), thick, sonorous, daring, shameless, brazen, audacious

太藺 (ふとい) softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)

太る (ふとる) to put on weight, to gain weight, to grow fat, to get stout

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