薹

薹 · tái

Cyperus rotundus, nut grass

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
tái
Cantonese
toi4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

Cyperus rotundus, nut grass

Dictionary definitions & readings

薹 tái · Carex dispalatha

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53310.040:tái Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1108.050:tái Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
357.040:tái Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
tái粵toi4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ダイ タイ あぶらな とう Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
徒哀 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TGRG Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4410.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1063.040 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
099.17 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+85B9
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
14
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6205

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
薹
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
doj · 徒哀 · 蟹開一平咍定 · #386

PHONO-ML, source line 3342; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1174.401
kDaeJaweon
1527.330
kHanYu
53310.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
1527.330
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53310.040
kIRGKangXi
1063.040
kKangXi
1063.040
kMatthews
6019
kMeyerWempe
3199b
kMorohashi
32204:E0102
kNelson
4079
kSBGY
099.17
kSMSZD2003Index
603.01
kCangjie
TGRG
kFourCornerCode
4410.4
kMojiJoho
MJ023004 MJ023004:E0101 MJ023005:E0102
kPhonetic
1374
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5E37
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C2CA
kIRG_JSource
J0-6937
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7004
kIRG_KSource
K2-5A38
kIRG_TSource
T1-7736
kRSUnicode
140.14
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C2CA
kCCCII
23266C
kCNS1986
1-7736
kCNS1992
1-7736
kEACC
23266C
kGB0
6223
kGB1
6223
kJis0
7323
kMainlandTelegraph
5653
kTGH
2013:6205
kTaiwanTelegraph
5653
kXerox
271:261
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6462+140.3.14
kCantonese
toi4
kDefinition
Cyperus rotundus, nut grass
kFanqie
徒哀
kHanyuPinyin
53310.040:tái
kJapanese
ダイ タイ あぶらな とう
kJapaneseKun
ABURANA TOU
kJapaneseOn
TAI DAI
kMandarin
tái
kSMSZD2003Readings
tái粵toi4
kTGHZ2013
357.040:tái
kXHC1983
1108.050:tái

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
8dictionary records using 薹0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
艹 above 臺 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱艹臺$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹臺$(GHTJKP)

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