太 tài too; excessive
Made up of [大 dà big; great; large; very radical 37, 丶 zhǔ dot radical 3]Made with 4 strokes.
Picture of 'big' with an extra dot stroke making it signify excessive
Related characters
Also uses 大 dà component: 夫 fū (husband) 美 měi (beautiful) ; 莫 mò (do not) ; 奇 qí (strange) ; 庆 qìng (celebrate) ; 失 shī (to lose) ; 天 tiān (sky) ; 头 tóu (head) ; 央 yāng (center) ; 夷 yí (barbarians)
Also uses 丶 zhǔ component: 白 bái (bright) 半 bàn (half) ; 冰 bīng (ice) ; 弟 dì (younger brother) ; 兑 duì (to cash) ; 丽 lì (beautiful) ; 良 liáng (good) ; 令 lìng (to order) ; 铺 pù (store) ; 勺 sháo (spoon) ; 术 shù (method) ; 苏 sū (revive) ; 往 wǎng (towards) ; 为 wèi (do) ; 乌 wū (crow) ; 义 yì (justice) ; 尤 yóu (outstanding) ; 玉 yù (jade) ; 州 zhōu (prefecture) ; 住 zhù (to live) ; 主 zhǔ (owner) ; 自 zì (from)
Sounds same
泰 tàiDifferent tone
台 tái (typhoon) ; 抬 tái (to lift)Pronunciation
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Cities
太原 Taiyuan, ShanxiPeople
慈禧太后 Dowager Empress Cixi元太祖 Genghis Khan
Proverbs
太公钓鱼,愿者上钩 tài gōng diào yú yuàn zhě shàng gōu Trying t o ensnare a gullible person. The ancient story from the Zhou dynasty is of Lord Jiang who used to just hang an unbaited and unhooked line in the air not the water. When asked what he was doing said he was not trying to catch fish but a king who he would serve. After many years of pointless fishing he was appointed to be Prime Minister.Phrases
太 太 tài tài Mrs.太 太 tài tài Mrs.