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泰

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safe; peaceful; most; grand

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
10
Radical
水 +5
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
泰
Common rank
#703
Unicode
U+6CF0

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Formation & memory

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How 泰 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Water 氺 contained by a dam

Components 氺 ? unknown part

How to remember it

tranquil · Heisig RSH #1231

bonsai + snowflake

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 泰

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

WordPinyinMeaning
阿尔泰山 Ā ěr tài Shān Altai mountain range in Xinjiang and Siberia
国泰民安 guó tài mín ān the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
泰特斯·安德洛尼克斯 Tài tè sī · Ān dé luò ní kè sī Titus Andronicus, 1593 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
阿尔泰语 Ā ěr tài yǔ Altaic language
安如泰山 ān rú Tài Shān as secure as Mount Taishan; as solid as a rock
有眼不识泰山 yǒu yǎn bù shí Tài Shān lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom); fig. to fail to recognize sb impor…
加泰罗尼亚 Jiā tài luó ní yà Catalonia
泰山区 Tài shān Qū Taishan, a district of Tai'an City 泰安市[Tai4 an1 Shi4], Shandong
泰安县 Tài ān xiàn Tai'an county in Shandong
泰安市 Tài ān Shì Tai'an, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]
长泰区 Cháng tài Qū Changtai, a district of Zhangzhou City 漳州市[Zhang1 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian
斯泰西 Sī tài xī Stacy (name)
泰米尔纳德 Tài mǐ ěr Nà dé Tamil Nadu, southeast Indian state, capital Chennai 欽奈|钦奈[Qin1 nai4]; formerly Madras stat…
泰米尔语 Tài mǐ ěr yǔ Tamil language
新泰市 Xīn tài Shì Xintai, a county-level city in Tai'an City 泰安市[Tai4 an1 Shi4], Shandong
泰日天 tài rì tiān (slang) toy poodle with a teddy-bear cut (humorous nickname based on a stereotype of exces…
新马泰 Xīn Mǎ Tài Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand (abbr. for 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1] + 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya…
阿尔泰 Ā ěr tài Altai republic in Russian central Asia, capital Gorno-Altaysk
泰来县 Tài lái Xiàn Tailai, a county in Qiqihar City 齊齊哈爾市|齐齐哈尔市[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3 Shi4], Heilongjiang
泰州市 Tài zhōu Shì Taizhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3]

Sound family

These characters use 泰 as their sound component — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
泰 sound part tài great, exalted, superior; calm; big
傣 dǎi the Dai minority living in South China