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台 = 口 + 厶

台 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “pedestal”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 厶 (elbow). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 805. It appears as a component in 8 other characters in this index.

Keyword

pedestal

RTK frame

805

Strokes

5

On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)

ダイ, タイ

Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)

うてな, われ, つかさ

Script

Japanese kanji

Also known as

пьедестал, machine

Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi

台 platform

Decomposition

Characters that contain 台

• 怠 neglect
• 治 reign
• 冶 metallurgy
• 始 commence
• 胎 womb
• 苔 moss
• 飴 sweets
• 殆 almost

How to find 台 without knowing its reading

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

Open 台 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.