太 = 大 + 丶

太 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “plump”. It is built from 大 (large) and 丶 (dot). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 126. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: plump
RTK frame: 126
Strokes: 4
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): タイ, タ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): ふと.い, ふと.る
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: толстый, fat
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 太 very

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 太

How to find 太 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “large” + “dot”. 太 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 太 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.