1. 台
  2. 北

台

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  • 388th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 6 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 298 words
  • Component in 26 characters

Decomposition

1Once
台→
厶口
2Radical
台→
厶private口mouth
3Graphical
台→
㇛丶口

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tái (Tai2)Taiwan (abbr.) • surname Tai
2. tái (tai2)(classical) you (in letters) • platform
3. tái (tai2)desk • platform
4. tái (Tai2)Taiwan (abbr.)
5. tái (tai2)platform • stage • terrace • stand • support • desk • station • broadcasting station • classifier for vehicles or machines
6. tái (tai2)typhoon

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

台 also appears in:
治始抬胎怡冶怠苔殆贻诒迨笞饴跆邰炱眙骀鲐绐鈶詒袬颱貽

Example Words

Common

台北 
台湾 (台灣)
台词 (台詞)
天台 
平台 (平臺)
舞台 (舞臺)
茅台 (茅臺)
阳台 (陽臺)
电台 (電臺)
电视台 (電視臺)

Uncommon

上台 
下台 (下臺)
出台 (出臺)
前台 (前臺)
台下 
台中 
台南 
台商 
台大 
台山 
台山市 
台州 
台州市 
台币 (台幣)
台式 
台球 
吧台 
天文台 
展台 (展臺)
工作台 (工作檯)
后台 (後台)
打擂台 (打擂臺)
拆台 (拆臺)
擂台 (擂臺)
服务台 (服務台)
梳妆台 (梳妝檯)
楼台 (樓臺)
台灯 (檯燈)
柜台 (櫃檯)
气象台 (氣象台)
潜台词 (潛台詞)
烟台 (煙台)
烛台 (燭臺)
看台 
炮台 (砲臺)
窗台 (窗臺)
站台 
台上 (臺上)
台子 (臺子)
台独 (臺獨)
台阶 (臺階)
台面 (臺面)
台风 (臺風)
茅台酒 (茅臺酒)
丰台 (豐台)
丰台区 (豐台區)
转台 (轉台)
邢台 
开台 (開臺)
露台 (露臺)

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北

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  • 315th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 312 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
北→
匕
2Radical
北→
北N/A
3Graphical
北→
北

Pinyin & Meaning

1. běi (bei3)north • to be defeated (classical)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 北 běi (bei3)The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bǐ' (bi3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for 北 běi (bei3)The component 北 is pronounced as 'běi' (bei3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

北 also appears in:
北背乘剩燕乖冀骥嵊褙邶酀醼讌驥

Example Words

Common

北京 

Uncommon

北京人 
北京市 
北区 (北區)
北国 (北國)
北大 
北平 
北爱 (北愛)
北斗 
北方 
北极 (北極)
北极熊 (北極熊)
北欧 (北歐)
北海 
北海道 
北美 
北部 
北门 (北門)
北非 
南北 
台北 
天南地北 
东北 (東北)
东北亚 (東北亞)
江北 
河北 
河北省 
湖北 
湖北省 
华北 (華北)
西北 
西北部 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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