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太

N3

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • plump
  • thick
  • big around

On'yomi (音読み)

  • タイ
  • タ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • ふと.い
  • ふと.る
Strokes
4
JLPT Level
N3
Frequency
#231
School Grade
Grade 2
Radical
大#37 · big

Components

Common Words

  • 太いふといi-Adj.fat, thick
  • 太るふとるGodanto put on weight, to gain weight, to grow fat, to get stout
  • 太古たいこNounancient times, prehistoric times
  • 太鼓たいこNoundrum
  • 太字ふとじNounboldface, bold-type, thick characters
  • 太刀たちNounlong sword (as opposed to the shorter katana)
  • 太陽たいようNounSun
  • 太子たいしNouncrown prince

Practice in Kanjiru

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Data: KANJIDIC2, JMdict & KRADFILE (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0) · kanji-frequency (CC BY 4.0)