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太

plump
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingタイ、タ
Kun readingふと.い、ふと.る
JōyōGrade 2
  1. to put on weight
  2. to gain weight
  3. to grow fat
  4. to get stout

Popular Usage

太い太る太鼓

Radicals and components

Radical大bigComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

large (大) · St. Bernard (犬) · drop (丶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 126

Compound words

太いふとい
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; sonorous
太るふとる
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
太鼓たいこ
drum
丸太まるた
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII); prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun
太古たいこ
ancient times; prehistoric times
太字ふとじ
boldface; bold-type; thick characters
太刀たち
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down
太陽たいよう
Sun
太子たいし
crown prince; Prince Shōtoku
皇太后こうたいごう
Empress Dowager; Queen Mother
皇太子こうたいし
crown prince
太っ腹ふとっぱら
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; big-bellied
太ももふともも
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass; butt
太平洋たいへいよう
Pacific Ocean
義太夫ぎだゆう
gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)
太陽系たいようけい
solar system
太り肉ふとりじし
corpulent; fat; chubby
皇太子妃こうたいしひ
crown princess
太陽電池たいようでんち
solar cell
太平洋戦争たいへいようせんそう
Pacific War (1941-1945)

Stroke Order

4 strokes

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