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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
- —太陽嵐solar storm
- —太鼓鋲round-headed tack; drawing pin
- —太陽帆solar sail
- —太陽核solar core
- —桶太鼓barrel drum; drum with an uncurved body
- —太陽時solar time
- —太閤碁mirror go (as black); opening strategy of symmetrically copying every move of the opponent, starting with tengen
- —太平記Taiheiki (Japanese historical epic, said to have been written by Kojima Houshi in the 1370s)
- —太陽節Day of the Sun (annual public holiday in North Korea on 15 April)
- —太陽光線sunlight; rays of the Sun
- —南太平洋South Pacific
- —太鼓持ちprofessional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; buffoon; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
- —環太平洋Pacific Rim
- —攻め太鼓drum used in ancient warfare to signal an attack
- —触れ太鼓drumming in the streets to announce a tournament; announcing an event by walking around in the streets beating a drum; drum used to announce an event by walking around in the streets
- —北太平洋North Pacific
- —太陽放射solar radiation
- —太陽黒点sunspot
- —太陽電波solar radio waves
- —立太子式investiture of the Crown Prince