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太 kanji
plump, thick, big around
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
タイタ
Kun readings
ふといふとる
Words with 太
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —太極taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)
- —太歳Taisai; one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar; Jupiter (planet)
- —太師Senior Grand Tutor (senior-most of the top three civil positions of the Zhou dynasty); Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm
- —太傅Grand Tutor (second of the top three civil positions of the Zhou dynasty); Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
- —太保Grand Protector (lowest of the top three civil positions of the Zhou dynasty); Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)
- —太太wife
- —太監Grand Eunuch (former Chinese government title); eunuch
- —太原Taiyuan (China)
- —太母grandmother
- —陣太鼓war drum
- —太極拳grand ultimate fist; Tai Chi Chuan
- —太鼓判large seal; large stamp; seal of approval; guarantee; endorsement
- —太陽暦solar calendar
- —和太鼓Japanese drum
- —太陽年solar year; tropical year
- —大太鼓large drum; bass drum
- —太公望(avid) angler
- —太古代Archaeozoic (Archeozoic) Era
- —太平楽happy-go-lucky
- —太陰暦lunisolar calendar; lunar calendar