Keyword
highest
- very
- too much
- big
- extreme
- Frequency
- #374
- Strokes
- 4
Readings
tài100%
Mnemonic
A giant 大 with a normal-sized man 丶 for scale
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
太
highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
太阳
sun; sunlight; sunshine; temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太阳穴 (tàiyángxué))
太平洋
Pacific Ocean
犹太人
Jew
太空
outer space
太太
married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife
犹太
the Jews; Judea
太子
crown prince
太阳能
solar energy
老太太
elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother
太过
excessively; too
太好了
very good
亚太
Asia-Pacific
太监
court eunuch; palace eunuch
太阳系
solar system
太后
Empress Dowager
不太好
not so good; not too well
太极
the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology
犹太教
Judaism
太平天国
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864)
老太
old lady
太湖
Lake Tai near Wuxi City 无锡 (Wúxī), bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes
太空船
spaceship
以太
(loanword) ether (hypothetical medium that transmits light waves)