Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 臺

Modern (Beijing) reading: tái

Preclassic Old Chinese: dhǝ̄

Classic Old Chinese: dhǝ̄

Western Han Chinese: dhǝ̄

Eastern Han Chinese: dhǝ̄

Early Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄

Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄

Late Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄j

Middle Chinese: dʌj

English meaning : terrasse, tower

Russian meaning[s]: 1) башня, вышка; 2) терраса; платформа, помост; 3) подмостки, сцена; 4) высокий, см. 台; 5) стоя; 6) см. 儓; 7) Тай (фамилия)

Comments: Used also for homonymous words *dhǝ̄ 'servant, slave' and *dhǝ̄ 'name of a plant'. For *dh cf. Chaozhou thai², Longdu thoj².

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 133

Four-angle index: 271

Karlgren code: 0939 a

Vietnamese reading: d_ài

Shijing occurrences: 43.1, 43.2

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