胎

胎	U+80CE, 胎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80CE

← 胍
[U+80CD]

CJK Unified Ideographs

胏 →
[U+80CF]

Translingual

Han character

胎 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月戈口 (BIR), four-corner 7326₀, composition ⿰⺼台)

References

KangXi: page 978, character 2

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29369

Dae Jaweon: page 1429, character 15

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2065, character 6

Unihan data for U+80CE

Chinese

trad.		胎
simp. ^#		胎
alternative forms		孡

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (台) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
胎	*l̥ʰɯː
台	l̥ʰɯː, l'ɯː, l'ɯː, lɯ
邰	*l̥ʰɯː
鮐	l̥ʰɯː, lɯ
孡	*l̥ʰɯː
苔	*l'ɯː
抬	*l'ɯː
駘	l'ɯː, l'ɯːʔ
炱	*l'ɯː
菭	l'ɯː, l'i
跆	*l'ɯː
殆	*l'ɯːʔ
怠	*l'ɯːʔ
迨	*l'ɯːʔ
紿	*l'ɯːʔ
詒	l'ɯːʔ, lɯ
軩	*l'ɯːʔ
咍	*hlɯː
佁	lɯːʔ, l̥ʰɯs, *lɯʔ
枲	*slɯʔ
辝	*ljɯ
鈶	*ljɯʔ
笞	*l̥ʰɯ
齝	l̥ʰɯ, hljɯ
眙	l̥ʰɯs, lɯ
治	l'ɯ, l'ɯs, *l'is
始	*hljɯʔ
怡	*lɯ
貽	*lɯ
飴	*lɯ
瓵	*lɯ
珆	*li

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l̥ʰɯː) : semantic ⺼ + phonetic 台 (OC *l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tāi (tai¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): toi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thôi
Min Bei (KCR): tái
Min Dong (BUC): tăi
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): thai / ther / the
(Teochew, Peng'im): to¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tai
  - Wade–Giles: tʻai¹
  - Yale: tāi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tai
  - Palladius: тай (taj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: toi¹
  - Yale: tōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: toi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thôi
  - Hakka Romanization System: toi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: toi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯²⁴/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tái
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai⁵⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tăi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thai
  - Tâi-lô: thai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tay
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tʰai³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /tʰai⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ther
  - Tâi-lô: ther
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Jinjiang, Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: the
  - Tâi-lô: the
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tef
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰe⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Jinjiang): /tʰe³³/
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /tʰiei⁵⁵/

Note:

thai - literary;
ther/the - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: to¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tho
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo³³/

Middle Chinese: /tʰʌi/

Rime
Character	胎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	土來切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəi/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəj/
Li Rong	/tʰᴀi/
Wang Li	/tʰɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tāi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	toi¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤə/
(Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰɯː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	胎
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tāi
Middle Chinese	‹ thoj ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁə/
English	fetus
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	胎
Reading #	1/1
No.	12259
Phonetic component	台
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	胎
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰɯː/

Definitions

胎

fetus; unborn child
source, origin
to bring up, to rear
pearl in shell
roughcast
padding
tongue coating; fur
alt. forms: 苔
to escape
Alternative form of 鮐／鲐 (tái).

Compounds

Derived terms from 胎

一胎化 (yītāihuà)
像胎
凡胎俗骨
出娘胎
出自娘胎
卵胎生 (luǎntāishēng)
受胎 (shòutāi)
多胞胎 (duōbāotāi)
奴胎
娘胎 (niángtāi)
安胎符
怪胎 (guàitāi)
打胎 (dǎtāi)
托胎
投胎 (tóutāi)
捏胎鬼
掉胎
棉花胎 (miánhuātāi)
死胎 (sǐtāi)
泥胎
漏胎
珠胎
瓷胎
眼肉胎凡
美人胎子
肉眼凡胎
胎位 (tāiwèi)
胎便
胎具
胎子
胎息

胎教 (tāijiào)
胎死腹中 (tāisǐfùzhōng)
胎毒
胎毛 (tāimáo)
胎生 (tāishēng)
胎生植物
胎神
胎胞
胎膜 (tāimó)
胎藏界
胎衣 (tāiyī)
胎象
胚胎 (pēitāi, “embryo”)
胞胎
舌胎 (shétāi)
葡萄胎 (pútáotāi)
鬼胎 (guǐtāi)
側膜胎座／侧膜胎座
凡胎濁骨／凡胎浊骨
剃胎頭／剃胎头
十月懷胎／十月怀胎 (shíyuèhuáitāi)
各懷鬼胎／各怀鬼胎 (gèhuáiguǐtāi)
墮胎／堕胎 (duòtāi)
奪胎換骨／夺胎换骨
安胎藥／安胎药
導引胎息／导引胎息
心懷鬼胎／心怀鬼胎
懷有鬼胎／怀有鬼胎
懷胎／怀胎 (huáitāi, “pregnant”)
懷著鬼胎／怀著鬼胎
懷鬼胎／怀鬼胎

抽胎換骨／抽胎换骨
換骨奪胎／换骨夺胎
換骨脫胎／换骨脱胎
暗結珠胎／暗结珠胎
有胎盤類／有胎盘类
木胎兒／木胎儿
泥胎兒／泥胎儿
濁骨凡胎／浊骨凡胎
珠胎暗結／珠胎暗结
禍胎／祸胎 (huòtāi)
胎兒／胎儿 (tāi'ér, “fetus”)
胎動／胎动 (tāidòng)
胎氣／胎气 (tāiqì)
胎盤／胎盘 (tāipán)
胎盤素／胎盘素
胎裡壞／胎里坏
胎裡富／胎里富
胎裡毒／胎里毒
胎裡素／胎里素
胎記／胎记 (tāijì)
胎諱／胎讳
胎髮／胎发 (tāifà)
胚胎學／胚胎学 (pēitāixué)
脫胎／脱胎 (tuōtāi)
脫胎換骨／脱胎换骨 (tuōtāihuàngǔ)
貧胎／贫胎
轉世投胎／转世投胎
雙胞胎／双胞胎 (shuāngbāotāi)
頭胎／头胎 (tóutāi)
龍肝豹胎／龙肝豹胎

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tire.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tāi (tai¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thôi
Min Nan (POJ): thai / ther / the

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tai
  - Wade–Giles: tʻai¹
  - Yale: tāi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tai
  - Palladius: тай (taj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thôi
  - Hakka Romanization System: toi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: toi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thai
  - Tâi-lô: thai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tay
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰai⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ther
  - Tâi-lô: ther
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: the
  - Tâi-lô: the
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tef
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰe⁴⁴/

Note:

thai - literary;
ther/the - vernacular.

Definitions

胎

pneumatic tire

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 呔 (taai1)

Compounds

外胎 (wàitāi)
正胎 (zhèngtāi)
爆胎 (bàotāi)

備用車胎／备用车胎
備胎／备胎 (bèitāi)
光頭胎／光头胎 (guāngtóutāi)

內胎／内胎 (nèitāi)
車胎／车胎 (chētāi)
輪胎／轮胎 (lúntāi)

Japanese

Kanji

胎

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

uterus

Readings

Go-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
Kan-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
Kun: はらむ (haramu, 胎む)

Compounds

懐(かい)胎(たい) (kaitai)
奇(き)胎(たい) (kitai)
鬼(き)胎(たい) (kitai)
金(きん)胎(たい) (kintai)
金(こん)胎(たい) (kontai)
死(し)胎(たい) (shitai)
受(じゅ)胎(たい) (jutai)
双(そう)胎(たい) (sōtai)
胎(たい)衣(い) (taii)
胎(たい)位(い) (taii)
胎(たい)芽(が) (taiga)
胎(たい)教(きょう) (taikyō)
胎(たい)金(こん) (taikon)
胎(たい)座(ざ) (taiza)
胎(たい)屎(し) (taishi)
胎(たい)児(じ) (taiji)
胎(たい)生(しょう) (taishō)
胎(たい)生(せい) (taisei)
胎(たい)蔵(ぞう) (taizō)
胎(たい)中(ちゅう) (taichū)
胎(たい)土(ど) (taido)
胎(たい)動(どう) (taidō)
胎(たい)毒(どく) (taidoku)
胎(たい)内(ない) (tainai)
胎(たい)内(ない) (Tainai)
胎(たい)盤(ばん) (taiban)
胎(たい)便(べん) (taiben)
胎(たい)膜(まく) (taimaku)
胎(たい)孕(よう) (taiyō)
胎(たい)卵(らん)湿(しっ)化(け) (tairanshikke)
胎(たい)を結(むす)ぶ (tai o musubu)
多(た)胎(たい) (tatai)
堕(だ)胎(たい) (datai)
脱(だっ)胎(たい) (dattai), 奪(だっ)胎(たい) (dattai)
電(でん)胎(たい)版(ばん) (dentaiban)
胚(はい)胎(たい) (haitai)
品(ひん)胎(たい) (hintai)
不(ふ)胎(たい)化(か) (futaika)
母(ぼ)胎(たい) (botai)
籃(らん)胎(たい) (rantai)
露(ろ)胎(たい) (rotai)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
胎
たい Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 胎 (thoj).

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) たい [táꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ta̠i]

Noun

胎(たい) • (tai)

womb

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 胎 (MC tʰʌi).

Hanja

Wikisource胎 (eumhun 아이 밸 태 (ai bael tae))

Hanja form^? of 태 (“uterus”).

Compounds

잉태 (孕胎, ingtae)
태엽 (胎葉, taeyeop)
모태 (母胎, motae)
태생 (胎生, taesaeng)
낙태 (落胎, naktae)
태아 (胎兒, taea)
태교 (胎敎, taegyo)
태반 (胎盤, taeban)
태변 (胎便, taebyeon)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

胎: Hán Nôm readings: thai

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN