胎

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fetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding); womb carrying a fetus; (fig.) origin; source; (loanword) tire

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺼ meaning “flesh” + 台 sound ( tái )

Components ⺼台

fetus · Heisig RSH #1908

part of the body + 台 platform

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一胎化	yī tāi huà	practice of allowing only one child per family
一胎制	yī tāi zhì	the one-child policy
母胎单身	mǔ tāi dān shēn	never been in a romantic relationship
胎死腹中	tāi sǐ fù zhōng	fetus dies in the belly; (fig.) plans or projects failed before being carried out
连体双胞胎	lián tǐ shuāng bāo tāi	conjoined twins; Siamese twins
有了胎	yǒu le tāi	pregnant; to carry a child
胎生	tāi shēng	viviparous
胎儿	tāi ér	unborn child; fetus; embryo
胎动	tāi dòng	fetal movement
胎体	tāi tǐ	(in ceramics, lacquerware etc) the base (made of clay, metal, bamboo etc) onto which a gla…
胎面	tāi miàn	surface of tire; tread (of tire)
车胎	chē tāi	tire
打胎	dǎ tāi	to have an abortion
脱胎成仙	tuō tāi chéng xiān	reborn as immortal
三胞胎	sān bāo tāi	triplets
二胎	èr tāi	second pregnancy
脱胎换骨	tuō tāi huàn gǔ	to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist; to turn ove…
胎教	tāi jiào	prenatal education; antenatal training; prenatal influences
补胎片	bǔ tāi piàn	tire patch (for puncture repair)
内胎	nèi tāi	inner tube (of a tire)

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
台 sound part	tái	platform; unit; term of address
始	shǐ	to begin, to start; beginning
抬	tái	to carry, to lift, to raise
怡	yí	gladness, joy, pleasure; harmony
苔	tái	moss, lichen
笞	chī	bamboo rod used for beatings
贻	yí	to hand down, to give to, to bequeath
怠	dài	idle; negligent, remiss; to neglect
殆	dài	almost, probably; danger, peril; to endanger
饴	yí	syrup; sweet-meat, sweet-cake
眙	yí	to gaze at; a place name
鲐	tái	mackerel; Pneumatophorus japonicus
跆	tái	to trample, to kick
炱	tái	soot
绐	dài	to pretend, to fool, to cheat
诒	yí	to bequeath, to pass on
迨	dài	while, until; to seize, to arrest
邰	tái	a state in Shanxi province; surname
骀	tái	tired old horse; tired, exhaused