Read Edit View history 台 táiTáitāi HSK3 platform Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally 台 and 㠯 were pronounced the same and thus written the same. Later 口 was added to distinguish the characters. Pinyin Separate values with commas tái × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 台 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 台 ×檯 ×臺 ×颱 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 台 Simp strokes 台 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint 㠯 is an ancient variant of 以. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 台 Simp strokes 台 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 台 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 468, 817 ], [ 491, 797 ], [ 510, 758 ], [ 446, 678 ], [ 255, 477 ], [ 244, 441 ], [ 282, 435 ], [ 440, 473 ], [ 659, 510 ], [ 723, 515 ], [ 746, 503 ] ], [ [ 660, 629 ], [ 791, 515 ], [ 813, 488 ], [ 833, 444 ] ], [ [ 271, 295 ], [ 308, 265 ], [ 313, 250 ], [ 363, 5 ] ], [ [ 345, 287 ], [ 360, 274 ], [ 477, 289 ], [ 632, 319 ], [ 658, 320 ], [ 679, 312 ], [ 711, 277 ], [ 666, 135 ], [ 639, 117 ] ], [ [ 385, 41 ], [ 399, 57 ], [ 624, 84 ], [ 676, 83 ], [ 708, 72 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 728 529 Q 659 525 523 504 Q 357 479 284 460 Q 268 457 277 469 Q 308 505 392 587 Q 524 714 549 728 Q 561 735 568 743 Q 575 758 554 781 Q 517 818 485 826 Q 469 829 459 822 Q 455 815 463 803 Q 476 772 437 715 Q 430 708 422 696 Q 254 492 203 465 Q 154 443 165 395 Q 171 370 185 367 Q 192 368 211 378 Q 289 423 508 466 Q 637 500 753 501 C 783 502 758 531 728 529 Z", "M 753 501 Q 778 473 806 442 Q 816 427 832 426 Q 842 425 849 437 Q 856 450 851 480 Q 847 546 677 631 Q 662 637 656 635 Q 652 632 651 619 Q 651 610 728 529 L 753 501 Z", "M 335 291 Q 322 298 281 305 Q 268 309 263 303 Q 256 296 266 277 Q 303 198 324 70 Q 328 31 349 5 Q 370 -20 376 -2 Q 380 13 381 34 L 377 76 Q 365 110 346 252 C 342 282 341 289 335 291 Z", "M 686 105 Q 717 219 765 258 Q 784 280 768 301 Q 750 316 686 349 Q 665 358 642 349 Q 528 310 335 291 C 305 288 316 248 346 252 Q 359 253 377 257 Q 497 273 611 291 Q 641 297 653 284 Q 666 271 662 243 Q 649 171 631 112 C 623 83 678 76 686 105 Z", "M 381 34 Q 384 34 388 34 Q 488 52 703 60 Q 716 61 718 71 Q 719 81 686 105 L 631 112 Q 630 113 628 112 Q 490 87 377 76 C 347 73 351 32 381 34 Z" ] } 5 strokes 台 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 468, 820 ], [ 511, 747 ], [ 224, 450 ], [ 216, 407 ], [ 499, 484 ], [ 752, 509 ] ], [ [ 655, 630 ], [ 793, 512 ], [ 839, 433 ] ], [ [ 268, 298 ], [ 312, 263 ], [ 368, -2 ] ], [ [ 335, 283 ], [ 673, 316 ], [ 722, 271 ], [ 655, 97 ] ], [ [ 370, 52 ], [ 652, 87 ], [ 713, 70 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M728,529C649,526 379,485 284,460C273,458 270,462 277,469C297,494 335,533 392,587C479,672 502,694 549,728C574,747 577,758 554,781C539,796 512,817 485,826C462,834 456,828 463,803C470,777 464,753 437,715C394,657 255,496 203,465C171,447 157,428 165,395C168,380 174,368 185,367C188,367 198,371 211,378C285,421 608,501 753,501C766,501 741,529 728,529Z", "M753,501C769,484 787,464 806,442C841,402 858,443 851,480C840,531 789,576 677,631C651,644 643,633 651,619C658,606 678,585 728,529C745,510 745,510 753,501Z", "M335,291C313,299 240,330 266,277C291,225 311,156 324,70C327,45 334,23 349,5C365,-14 379,-18 381,34C381,49 379,63 377,76C369,112 358,158 346,252C343,265 348,286 335,291Z", "M686,105C706,181 734,230 765,258C779,272 779,289 768,301C757,313 716,336 686,349C672,356 657,355 642,349C566,323 463,304 335,291C322,288 333,249 346,252C369,256 545,284 611,291C625,293 670,302 662,243C655,195 643,152 631,112C625,94 682,87 686,105Z", "M381,34C501,48 592,56 703,60C737,62 704,92 686,105C671,116 649,116 631,112C536,94 452,84 377,76C363,73 367,31 381,34Z" ] } 5 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.