泰

See also: 奉, 奏, and 秦

泰	U+6CF0, 泰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CF0

← 泯
[U+6CEF]

CJK Unified Ideographs

泱 →
[U+6CF1]

Translingual

Han character

泰 (radical 85, 水+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手大水 (QKE), four-corner 5013₂, composition ⿱𡗗氺)

References

KangXi: page 618, character 15

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17325

Dae Jaweon: page 1013, character 10

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1577, character 3

Unihan data for U+6CF0

Chinese

simp. and trad.		泰
variant forms		太 second round simplified 冭‎

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 泰
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tʰaːds) : semantic 廾 + semantic 水 + phonetic 大 (OC *daːds, *daːds).

Etymology

Same word as 太 (OC *tʰaːds, “great; greatest; excessive”); both are derived from 大 (OC *daːds, *daːds, “big”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tài (tai⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thai
(Meixian, Guangdong): tai⁴
Min Bei (KCR): tuo̿i
Min Dong (BUC): tái
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): thòa / thài
(Teochew, Peng'im): tai³
Wu (Wiktionary): tha (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tài
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ
  - Wade–Giles: t'ai⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tay
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³
  - Yale: taai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰäːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴
  - IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: tai⁴
  - IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tuo̿i
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰuɛ³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tái
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɑi²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòa / thài
  - Tâi-lô: thuà / thài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toax, taix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰua²¹/, /tʰaɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰua⁴¹/, /tʰaɪ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰua²¹/, /tʰaɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰua¹¹/, /tʰaɪ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰua²¹/, /tʰaɪ²¹/

Note:

thoà - vernacular;
thài - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tai³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thài
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰai²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tha (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰa̱³⁴/

Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 泰
Mandarin	Beijing	/tʰai⁵¹/
	Harbin	/tʰai⁵³/
	Tianjin	/tʰai⁵³/
	Jinan	/tʰɛ²¹/
	Qingdao	/tʰɛ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/tʰai³¹²/
	Xi'an	/tʰai⁴⁴/
	Xining	/tʰɛ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/tʰɛ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/tʰɛ¹³/
	Ürümqi	/tʰai²¹³/
	Wuhan	/tʰai³⁵/
	Chengdu	/tʰai¹³/
	Guiyang	/tʰai²¹³/
	Kunming	/tʰæ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/tʰae⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/tʰe̞⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/tʰai⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/tʰæ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/tʰɛ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/tʰa³⁵/
	Suzhou	/tʰɑ⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/tʰe̞⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/tʰa⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/tʰa³²⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/tʰa⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/tʰai⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/tʰai⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/tʰai²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/tʰai⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/tʰɑi⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/tʰai³³/
	Nanning	/tʰai³³/
	Hong Kong	/tʰai³³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/tʰai²¹/ /tʰua²¹/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/tʰɑi²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/tʰuɛ³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/tʰai²¹³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/hai³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /tʰɑi^H/▼

Rime
Character	泰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	他蓋切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰaj^H/
Li Rong	/tʰɑi^H/
Wang Li	/tʰɑi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tài

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤa[t]-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	泰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tài
Middle Chinese	‹ thaj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁa[t]-s/
English	great
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	泰
Reading #	1/1
No.	12313
Phonetic component	泰
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	泰
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːds/

Definitions

泰

big; large
great; extensive
extreme; greatest
exalted; honourable; superior
good; excellent
safe; peaceful; stable
excessively; overly
11th hexagram of the I Ching
Short for 泰國／泰国 (Tàiguó, “Thailand”).
A surname.

Compounds

Derived terms from 泰

三陽交泰／三阳交泰
三陽開泰／三阳开泰
不識泰山／不识泰山
交泰
人猿泰山
倒持泰阿
去泰去甚
去甚去泰
否去泰來／否去泰来
否往泰來／否往泰来
否極必泰／否极必泰
否極泰來／否极泰来 (pǐjítàilái)
否極生泰／否极生泰
否泰
否終而泰／否终而泰
國泰民安／国泰民安 (guótàimín'ān)
天地交泰
奢泰
宇文泰
安如泰山
安於泰山／安于泰山
安泰 (āntài)
安若泰山
康泰
心安神泰
托爾斯泰／托尔斯泰 (Tuō'ěrsītài)
持盈保泰
政躬康泰
時通運泰／时通运泰
景泰 (Jǐngtài)
景泰藍／景泰蓝 (jǐngtàilán)
死重泰山
民安國泰／民安国泰
泰一 (tàiyī)
泰交
泰伯

泰來否往／泰来否往
泰元
泰初
泰勒制度
泰半
泰國／泰国 (Tàiguó)
泰國勞工／泰国劳工
泰國拳／泰国拳
泰國新娘／泰国新娘
泰坦族
泰壇／泰坛
泰始
泰安 (Tài'ān)
泰定
泰山 (Tàishān)
泰山之安
泰山其頹／泰山其颓
泰山刻石
泰山北斗
泰山可倚
泰山壓卵／泰山压卵
泰山壓頂／泰山压顶
泰山娘娘
泰山梁木
泰山磐石
泰山若厲／泰山若厉
泰山鴻毛／泰山鸿毛
泰州 (Tàizhōu)
泰常
泰平
泰戈爾／泰戈尔 (Tàigē'ěr)
泰拳 (tàiquán)
泰斗 (tàidǒu)
泰昌 (Tàichāng)
泰晤士河 (Tàiwùshì Hé)
泰極而否／泰极而否

泰武 (Tàiwǔ)
泰水
泰清
泰然 (tàirán)
泰然居之
泰然自若 (tàiránzìruò)
泰然處之／泰然处之
泰王國／泰王国 (Tàiwángguó)
泰皇
泰系各族
泰納／泰纳
泰綺絲／泰绮丝
泰西 (Tàixī)
泰誓
泰語／泰语 (tàiyǔ)
泰豫
泰辰
泰阿
泰阿倒持
泰階／泰阶
泰階平／泰阶平
泰雅族 (tàiyǎzú)
發跡變泰／发迹变泰
穩如泰山／稳如泰山
華倫泰節／华伦泰节
處之泰然／处之泰然
變泰／变泰
身名俱泰
通泰
鄂爾泰／鄂尔泰
重於泰山／重于泰山 (zhòng yú Tàishān)
長泰／长泰 (Chángtài)
開泰／开泰
阿爾泰山／阿尔泰山 (Ā'ěrtài Shān)
鴻毛泰山／鸿毛泰山

Japanese

Kanji

泰

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

peaceful, calm
Thailand

Readings

On (unclassified): たい (tai, Jōyō)
Kun: やすい (yasui, 泰い); おおきい (ōkii); おごる (ogoru, 泰る)

Proper noun

泰 (hiragana やすし, rōmaji Yasushi)

A male given name

泰 (hiragana たい, katakana タイ, rōmaji Tai)

Thailand

Korean

Hanja

泰 • (tae) (hangeul 태)

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Compounds

泰拳
泰然
泰山
泰國

Vietnamese

Han character

泰 (thái)

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