太

plump, thick, big around

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

タタイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ふと.いふと.る

Nanori (名乗り)

おおたかひろ

Stroke Order

4 / 4

Information

Grade:2

Strokes:4

JLPT:N3

Frequency:552

Vocabulary

タ

Word	Reading	Meaning
嘉留太	カルタ	karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
伊太利亜	イタリア	Italy
風太郎	フウタロウ	unemployed person; vagabond; floater; vagrant; day labourer (esp. on the docks)
悪太郎	アクタロウ	stupid brat; mischievous kid; troublemaker
与太	ヨタ	idle talk; nonsense; rubbish; humbug; fool; idiot; good-for-nothing fellow; irresponsible; nonsensical

タイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
皇太后	コウタイコウ	Empress Dowager; Queen Mother
皇太子	コウタイシ	crown prince
皇太子妃	コウタイシヒ	crown princess
太鼓	タイコ	drum
太平洋	タイヘイヨウ	Pacific Ocean

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
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
丸太	マルタ	log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII); prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun
皇太后	こうたいごう	Empress Dowager; Queen Mother
太い	ふとい	fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; sonorous; daring; shameless; brazen; audacious
太っ腹	ふとっぱら	generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; big-bellied

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

length, ten shaku, measure, Mr., Ms., height, stature, all (one has), only, that's all, merely

Grade 8JLPT N/A

negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

prostrated, bend down, bow, cover, lay (pipes)

wide, broad, spacious

book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance

request, want, wish for, require, demand

return, answer, fade, repay