Read Edit View history 太 tài HSK1 very Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Addition of a dot to 大 (dà; big) to mean "very" or "extremely". Pinyin Separate values with commas tài ×tai × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 太 Simp strokes 太 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 太 Simp strokes 太 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 太 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 203, 478 ], [ 258, 470 ], [ 375, 494 ], [ 729, 544 ], [ 763, 544 ], [ 832, 527 ] ], [ [ 444, 812 ], [ 470, 801 ], [ 500, 772 ], [ 503, 747 ], [ 478, 492 ], [ 456, 381 ], [ 427, 289 ], [ 384, 201 ], [ 332, 142 ], [ 232, 65 ], [ 133, 20 ] ], [ [ 503, 458 ], [ 510, 422 ], [ 596, 281 ], [ 673, 172 ], [ 722, 115 ], [ 773, 78 ], [ 958, 27 ] ], [ [ 398, 162 ], [ 423, 159 ], [ 460, 131 ], [ 483, 108 ], [ 499, 73 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 507 492 Q 607 507 766 509 Q 835 509 841 520 Q 847 533 828 548 Q 768 588 727 580 Q 646 561 513 536 L 453 526 Q 338 510 205 489 Q 183 486 200 467 Q 216 452 236 447 Q 260 441 277 447 Q 356 471 447 483 L 507 492 Z", "M 502 466 Q 503 479 507 492 L 513 536 Q 513 650 538 734 L 547 782 Q 546 785 544 786 Q 525 805 485 822 Q 461 832 442 827 Q 420 820 437 799 Q 468 766 467 732 Q 464 617 453 526 L 447 483 Q 414 297 352 204 Q 283 116 144 33 Q 129 27 126 23 Q 122 16 139 14 Q 187 11 302 85 Q 363 133 389 162 L 409 188 Q 460 269 494 419 L 502 466 Z", "M 494 419 Q 516 373 572 278 Q 648 148 706 73 Q 733 36 762 34 Q 852 28 929 20 Q 963 17 964 25 Q 965 34 931 51 Q 753 135 732 156 Q 651 234 535 413 Q 516 441 502 466 C 487 492 481 446 494 419 Z", "M 389 162 Q 395 155 408 141 Q 439 108 474 68 Q 484 55 500 53 Q 510 53 517 65 Q 523 78 518 108 Q 514 132 481 154 Q 447 172 409 188 C 381 200 369 185 389 162 Z" ] } 4 strokes 太 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 200, 483 ], [ 256, 470 ], [ 719, 544 ], [ 838, 529 ] ], [ [ 435, 816 ], [ 506, 766 ], [ 472, 461 ], [ 420, 273 ], [ 325, 136 ], [ 134, 22 ] ], [ [ 504, 454 ], [ 593, 286 ], [ 726, 111 ], [ 775, 76 ], [ 955, 30 ] ], [ [ 398, 160 ], [ 466, 126 ], [ 507, 60 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M506,492C572,503 660,509 766,509C812,510 837,513 841,520C845,529 841,539 828,548C788,576 754,586 727,580C672,568 601,552 512,536C473,529 473,529 453,526C376,514 293,503 205,489C190,487 188,480 200,467C210,457 222,451 236,447C252,443 265,444 277,447C329,464 386,474 447,483C486,489 486,489 506,492Z", "M502,466C503,475 504,483 506,492C510,521 510,521 512,536C522,612 527,677 538,734C538,734 549,775 544,786C536,803 511,813 485,824C469,831 454,831 442,827C427,823 425,813 437,799C457,777 467,755 467,732C464,656 461,587 453,526C449,497 449,497 447,483C429,359 395,265 352,204C308,144 237,87 144,33C134,28 127,26 126,23C123,19 127,15 139,14C171,12 227,34 302,85C344,115 373,142 389,162C402,179 402,179 409,188C447,239 476,318 494,419C499,450 499,450 502,466Z", "M494,419C508,389 534,342 572,278C622,192 667,124 706,73C724,49 742,36 762,34C822,30 877,26 929,20C951,18 963,20 964,25C964,31 953,41 931,51C812,108 746,143 732,156C678,209 612,294 535,413C522,432 511,450 502,466C494,480 488,434 494,419Z", "M389,162C393,158 399,151 408,141C428,119 451,95 474,68C481,60 489,54 500,53C506,53 512,57 517,65C521,74 521,88 518,108C515,124 503,141 481,154C459,168 434,178 409,188C399,192 382,171 389,162Z" ] } 4 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.