台 stand

Also: counter

On'yomi
ダイ、タイ
Strokes
5
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
台 is written in 5 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A little private 厶 speaker climbs up and a mouth 口 booms out below — he's standing on a raised stand, the same word used to count cars and machines.

A common word

  • 台所 だいどころ kitchen

Example sentences

  • くるまがさんだいあります。

    There are three cars.

  • だいのうえににもつをおいてください。

    Please put your luggage on the stand.

Kanji that share a part

厶 is its radical. 20 kanji share it in all.

口 is a component. 124 kanji share it in all.