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太

plump
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingタイ、タ
Kun readingふと.い、ふと.る
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. plumpRtK
  2. big around
  3. thick
    稈質はやや太い。It has a somewhat thick stem.wiki
  1. to put on weight
  2. to gain weight
  3. to grow fat
  4. to get stout

Popular Usage

太い太る太鼓

Radicals and components

Radical大big
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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large (大) · St. Bernard (犬) · drop (丶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 126

Compound words

太いふとい
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; sonorous
太るふとる
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
太鼓たいこ
drum
丸太まるた
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII); prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun
太古たいこ
ancient times; prehistoric times
太字ふとじ
boldface; bold-type; thick characters
太刀たち
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down
太陽たいよう
Sun
太子たいし
crown prince; Prince Shōtoku
皇太后こうたいごう
Empress Dowager; Queen Mother
皇太子こうたいし
crown prince
太っ腹ふとっぱら
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; big-bellied
太ももふともも
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass; butt
太平洋たいへいよう
Pacific Ocean
義太夫ぎだゆう
gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)
太陽系たいようけい
solar system
太り肉ふとりじし
corpulent; fat; chubby
皇太子妃こうたいしひ
crown princess
太陽電池たいようでんち
solar cell
太平洋戦争たいへいようせんそう
Pacific War (1941-1945)
根太ねぶと
(skin) boil
太后たいこう
empress dowager
太閤たいこう
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
太政おおまつりごと
(Japanese) imperial government

On Reading Examples

君の車はちゃんと洗ってやれば太陽の光で輝くと思うよ。たいよう
If you wash it, your car will shine in the sun.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は地球が太陽のまわりを運行すると言った。
He said that the Earth goes round the Sun.tatoeba
彼は暖炉用に丸太を鋸で切った。
He sawed logs for the fireplace.tatoeba
彼は太郎より忙しい。
He is busier than Taro.tatoeba
彼は太郎よりも有名です。
He is more famous than Taro.tatoeba
非常に太い銀杏髷。
This hairstyle was quite a large type of Ichomage.wiki
卵食は太ると思われ気味であるが、明らかに間違いである。
Some people believe that one gets fat by eating eggs, but it is obviously wrong.wiki
長胴太鼓・宮太鼓
Long trunk Japanese drum, imperial Japanese drumwiki
太鼓 (たいこ)
Taikowiki

Stroke Order

4 strokes

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