太

tài

too (much); over; very; extremely; highest; greatest; senior; (prefix) great-, grand-

Radical: 大 HSK 1 d, b ideographic

Components & Etymology

太 decomposes into the following components:

大 丶

Words containing 太

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 太.

乙太
yǐ tài
ether
亚太
yà tài
Asia-Pacific
以太
yǐ tài
Ether-
印太
yìn tài
太上
tài shàng
title of respect for taoists
太仆
tài pú
Grand Servant in Imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
太仓
tài cāng
Taicang county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1], Jiangsu
太保
tài bǎo
Taibao or Taipao city in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan
太公
tài gōng
great-grandfather
太初
tài chū
the absolute beginning
太医
tài yī
太半
tài bàn
more than half

Related characters (radical 大)

Characters that share the radical 大.

乔 买 大 天 夫 夬 夭 央 夯 失 夲 头 夷 夸 夺 夼 夾 奁 奂 奄 奇 奈 奉 奋

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