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岱

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Mt Tai in Shandong; same as 泰山

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Strokes
8
Radical
山 +5
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
岱
Common rank
#3,184
Unicode
U+5CB1

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Formation & memory

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How 岱 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

山 meaning “mountain” + 代 sound ( dài )

Components 代 山

Words with 岱

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WordPinyinMeaning
岱山县 Dài shān Xiàn Daishan, a county in Zhoushan City 舟山市[Zhou1 shan1 Shi4], Zhejiang
鸿毛泰岱 hóng máo tài dài light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a matt…
岱岳区 Dài yuè Qū Daiyue, a district of Tai'an City 泰安市[Tai4 an1 Shi4], Shandong
岱山 Dài shān see 岱山縣|岱山县[Dai4 shan1 Xian4]
海岱 Hǎi dài Haidai, historical region extending from the Bohai Sea to Mt Tai in Shandong
张岱 Zhāng Dài Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar
岱宗 Dài zōng another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountai…
王岱舆 Wáng Dài yú Wang Daiyu (1584-1670), Hui Islamic scholar of the Ming-Qing transition
岱岳 Dài yuè see 岱嶽區|岱岳区[Dai4 yue4 Qu1]
岱庙 Dài miào Dai Temple, a temple in Shandong for the god of Mount Tai

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 代 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
代 sound part dài era, generation; to substitute for, to replace
袋 dài bag, sack; pocket, pouch
贷 dài to borrow; to lend; to pardon
黛 dài to blacken one's eyebrows; black
玳 dài tortoise shell