太
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highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 1
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 大 +1
- Structure
- Top enclosure 上包
- Traditional
- 太
- Common rank
- #240
- Unicode
- U+592A
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Formation & memory
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How 太 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A giant 大 with a normal-sized man 丶 for scale
How to remember it
overly · Heisig RSH #131
St. Bernard dog + a drop of
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 太
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 太平天国 | Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864) | |
| 亚太地区 | Asia-Pacific region | |
| 太白县 | Taibai, a county in Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi | |
| 太白山 | Mt Taibai in Shaanxi | |
| 太子河区 | Taizihe, a district of Liaoyang City 遼陽市|辽阳市[Liao2 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning | |
| 太行山 | Taihang Mountains on the border between Hebei and Shanxi | |
| 天下太平 | the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity | |
| 太平区 | Taiping, a district of Fuxin City 阜新市[Fu4 xin1 Shi4], Liaoning | |
| 太平公主 | Princess Taiping (c. 665-713), Tang Dynasty princess, politically powerful and known for h… | |
| 太平天国起义 | Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864), a massive rebellion in southern China against the Qing Dyna… | |
| 亚太区 | Asian area; the Far East; Asia Pacific region | |
| 亚太经合会 | APEC (Asia Pacific economic cooperation) | |
| 太空人 | astronaut | |
| 太子 | crown prince | |
| 太子河 | see 太子河區|太子河区[Tai4 zi3 he2 Qu1] | |
| 太平门 | emergency exit | |
| 太阳黑子 | sunspot | |
| 太学 | Imperial College of Supreme Learning, established in 124 BC, and the highest educational i… | |
| 小太阳 | parabolic heater; heat dish | |
| 老太公 | aged gentleman (dialect, respectful term) |
Sound family
These characters use 太 as their sound component — compare how they read.