tài

manner

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
太 sound component

  Sound component

tài

  

very

心 meaning component

  Meaning component

xīn

  

heart

Evolution

态 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
态 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
态 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
态 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
态 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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tài

manner, bearing, attitude; (bound form); appearance; shape; form; state; attitude; (grammar) voice

Most common words with 态
Freq.
Word
Meaning

状态

state

态度

manner

变态

abnormal

生态

ecology

心态

mentality

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 50.0400% of movies

886th most common character in movies

528th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

Unicode

U+6001


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