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泰

peaceful, calm, peace, easy, Thailand, extreme, excessive, great

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • タイ

Kun'yomi

—

Nanori

  • た
  • はす
  • ひろ
  • や

Meaning

泰 centers on a state of ease and stability: peaceful, calm, and untroubled. The senses of 'extreme' or 'excessive' extend from the idea of something being so settled that it becomes great or abundant, while 'Thailand' is a phonetic abbreviation.

Most common words using 泰

  • 泰たい
    N5

    Thailand

  • 安泰あんたい

    security; stability; safety; peace

  • 泰斗たいと

    great authority; eminent person; luminary

  • 泰然たいぜん

    calm; composed; self-possessed; firm

  • 国泰航空こくたいこうくう

    Cathay Pacific Airlines

  • 地天泰ちてんたい

    tai (hexagram 11 of the I Ching: peace)

  • 天下泰平てんかたいへい

    peace throughout the world

  • 失意泰然しついたいぜん

    keeping calm and collected at times of disappointment; maintaining a serene state of mind in adversity

  • 昌泰しょうたい

    Shōtai era (898.4.26-901.7.15)

  • 泰将棋たいしょうぎ

    tai shogi (very large 25x25 board shogi variant)

  • 泰山北斗たいざんほくと

    great authority; eminent person; luminary; Mount Tai and the Big Dipper

  • 泰山圧卵たいざんあつらん

    the strong overwhelming the weak; completing various things without difficulty; Mt. Tai crushes an egg

  • 泰山木たいさんぼく

    evergreen magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora); southern magnolia; loblolly magnolia; bull bay

  • 泰然自若たいぜんじじゃく

    having presence of mind; self-possessed; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed

  • 泰緬鉄道たいめんてつどう

    Thai-Burma Railway

  • 泰西たいせい

    the Occident; the West

  • 泰西名画たいせいめいが

    famous Western painting; masterpiece of Western painting

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Etymology

泰 originally depicted a person 大 with both arms raised, over water 水, suggesting a sense of ease or abundance like water flowing freely. The modern form has 氺 (a variant of 水) at the bottom, preserving the water element.

Meaning mnemonic

The top looks like a person with arms wide open, and the bottom is water 氺. Imagine someone floating peacefully on calm water, completely at ease.

Reading mnemonic

For タイ, picture a peaceful Thai beach: the calm water 氺 and the relaxed person on top match the serene vibe of Thailand, tying タイ to the kanji's peaceful meaning.