Stroke order

台 (Kangxi radical 30,口+2, 5 strokes,cangjie input戈口 (IR),four-corner2360₀,composition⿱厶口)

• 迨,兘,颱,乨,刣,㣍,邰,㰧,瓵,辝,怠,枲,炱,苔,笞,㾂,囼,袬,䕂
• 佁,冶,咍,坮,始,孡,怡,抬,治,枱,殆,炲,珆,胎,眙,秮,紿(绐),耛,詒(诒),貽(贻),跆,軩,鈶(𬭀),飴(饴),駘(骀),鮐(鲐),齝

• 臺(Traditional form of 台)

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 172, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3246
• Dae Jaweon: page 384, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 575, character 2
• Unihan data for U+53F0

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ): phonetic 㠯 + semantic 口(“mouth”).

An alternate variant of㠯 (modern form:以(yǐ)) inChinese bronze inscriptions.

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台

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)Original form of怡 (yí, “happy,pleased”).
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)I,me

   非台小子敢行稱亂。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
   非台小子敢行称乱。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

   From: TheBook of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd centuryBCE

   Fēiyí xiǎozǐ gǎn xíng chēng luàn.[Pinyin]

   It is notI, the little child, who dare to raise a rebellion.

3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)what
4. asurname

The surname台 (Yí) is different from the surname臺 (Tái). Note that臺 has been simplified to台 in mainland China.

台

1. Used in place names.

台

1. used in三台 (“name of astar”)
2. historicalplacename inmodernShandong

   alt. forms:邰(Tái)

   • 莒人伐我東鄙，圍台。邑不言圍，此其言圍何？[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     莒人伐我东鄙，围台。邑不言围，此其言围何？[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:《春秋公羊傳註疏·襄公卷二十》 (Notes and Commentary on the Gongyangzhuan)

     Jǔ rén fá wǒ dōng bǐ, wéiTái. Yì bù yán wéi, cǐ qí yán wéi hé?[Pinyin]

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3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, polite, honorific)used to address another person or to describe the actions of another person

   • 即日邊徼苦寒，台候何似？伏冀為國，善調寢興。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     即日边徼苦寒，台候何似？伏冀为国，善调寝兴。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:蘇軾 (Su Shi),《賀韓丞相啓》

     Jírì biān jiào kǔ hán,tái hòu hé sì? Fú jì wèi guó, shàn diào qǐn xìng.[Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 杜少卿道：「極蒙台愛，恕治晚不能躬送了。」[Written Vernacular Chinese,trad.]
     杜少卿道：「极蒙台爱，恕治晚不能躬送了。」[Written Vernacular Chinese,simp.]

     From:Wu Jingzi,The Scholars, 1750CE

     Dùshàoqīng dào: “Jí méngtái ài, shù zhì wǎn bùnéng gōng sòng le.”[Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

台

1. alternative form of嗣(sì)
2. alternative form of始(shǐ)

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on:い(i)
• Kan-on:い(i)

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji,kyūjitai form臺)

1. pedestal
2. astand
3. counterformachinesandvehicles
4. Taiwan

• 燭台(しょくだい)(shokudai)
• 仙(せん)台(だい)(Sendai)
• 台(だい)所(どころ)(daidokoro)

As shinjitai kanji of臺:

• Go-on:だい(dai,Jōyō)
• Kan-on:たい(tai,Jōyō)
• Kun:うてな(utena,台)、しもべ(shimobe,台)、つかさ(tsukasa,台)、よろこぶ(yorokobu,台ぶ)、われ(ware,台)
• Nanori:だい(dai)、もと(moto)

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

1. (replacing颱)typhoon

• Go-on:たい(tai,Jōyō)
• Kan-on:たい(tai,Jōyō)

• (Tokyo)だい[dáꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [da̠i]

台(だい)• (-dai) 

1. machines, especiallyvehicles orcomputers

   一(いっ)家(か)に一(いち)台(だい)！

   Ikka ni ichidai!

   Aunit in every household!(stock phrase, sometimes humorously used to refer to people)

台(だい)• (-dai) 

1. tables,beds

   テレビ台(だい) ―terebi-dai ―TVstand

2. level, especially of price

   100点(ひゃくてん)台(だい) ―hyaku-ten-dai ―around 100 points

3. period of time in a person's life

• (Tokyo)うてな[ùténá] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo)うてな[úꜜtènà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟te̞na̠]