Dong Chinese dictionary

tái

platform

Originally 台 and 㠯 were pronounced the same and thus written the same. Later 口 was added to distinguish the characters.

Components

口 Distinguishing component

kǒu

mouth

㠯 Sound Remnant component

yǐ

by means of

㠯 is an ancient variant of 以.

台 and 㠯 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.台 /*lə/
㠯 /*ləʔ/

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 㠯 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

台

tái

platform; unit; term of address; (classical) you (in letters); variant of 臺|台[tái]

台

Tái

Taiwan (abbr.); surname Tai

台 (檯)

tái

table; desk; counter

台 (臺)

tái

tower, lookout; stage, platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; station; broadcasting station; classifier for vehicles or machines

台 (颱)

tái

typhoon

Most common words with 台

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	台	stage
	舞台	stage
	台湾	Taiwan
	平台	platform
	台上	on stage

Component uses

Sound component in 24 characters (5 verified)

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Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

漢語多功能字庫

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