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态

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(bound form); appearance; shape; form; state; attitude; (grammar) voice

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HSK 3.0
Level 2
Old HSK
Level 4
Strokes
8
Radical
心 +4
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
態
Common rank
#603
Unicode
U+6001

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Formation & memory

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How 态 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

心 meaning “heart” + 太 sound ( tài )

Components 太 心

How to remember it

attitude · Heisig RSH #567

太 overly + 心 heart

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 态

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
生态学家 shēng tài xué jiā ecologist
生态城市 shēng tài chéng shì sustainable city
生态学 shēng tài xué ecology
形态发生素 xíng tài fā shēng sù morphogen
正态分布 zhèng tài fēn bù (math.) normal distribution; Gaussian distribution
性变态 xìng biàn tài sexual perversion; sexual pervert
形态学 xíng tài xué morphology (in biology or linguistics)
动态图形 dòng tài tú xíng animated graphics; animation
生态位 shēng tài wèi ecological niche; (fig.) niche within an ecosystem (esp. in business or technology)
态子 tài zi state of matter (solid, liquid or gas)
变态反应 biàn tài fǎn yìng allergic response; allergy
一反常态 yī fǎn cháng tài complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic; entirely outside th…
心态 xīn tài attitude (of the heart); state of one's psyche; way of thinking; mentality
常态分布 cháng tài fēn bù normal distribution (in statistics)
常态分布 cháng tài fēn bù normal distribution (in statistics)
生态 shēng tài ecology (the study of interactions between organisms and their environment); ecological st…
三江生态旅游区 Sān jiāng Shēng tài Lǚ yóu Qū Sanjiang Ecological Tourist Area in Wenchuan county 汶川縣|汶川县[Wen4 chuan1 xian4], northwest …
生态系 shēng tài xì (Tw) ecosystem
动态 dòng tài movement; motion; development; trend; dynamic (science)
气态 qì tài gaseous state (physics); manner; air; bearing

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
太 sound part tài very, too much; big; extreme
汰 tài to eliminate, to scour, to wash out; excessive
肽 tài peptide
钛 tài titanium
呔 dāi tire; neck-tie
酞 tài phthalein