太 – plump, thick, big around

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The kanji 太 means plump, thick, big around. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is タイ、タ (tai, ta); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふと.い、ふと.る (futoi, futoru). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 大 (no. 37).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	タイ	tai
On’yomi	タ	ta
Kun’yomi	ふと.い	futoi
Kun’yomi	ふと.る	futoru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 大 (Kangxi radical 37). Components: 大・丶.

Words using 太

太いふといfat太るふとるto put on weight太陽たいようSun太鼓たいこdrum

Example sentences

彼は太い首をしている。

He has a thick neck.

Tatoeba #102554

あまり太ったのでカラーの前が合わなかった。

He got so stout that his collar did not meet.

Tatoeba #230305

インシュリンを打つので彼女は太っていた。

The insulin was making her fat.

Tatoeba #228392

Kanji with the same radical

大夫失天央契奪奥奏奇奨奮奉奢

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