胎

胎 U+80CE, 胎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80CE ← 胍 [U+80CD] CJK Unified Ideographs 胏 → [U+80CF]

Translingual

Han character

胎 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月戈口 (BIR), four-corner 7326₀, composition ⿰⺼台)

Derived characters

• 𰌎, 𬛝

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 978, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29369
• Dae Jaweon: page 1429, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2065, character 6
• Unihan data for U+80CE

Chinese

trad.		胎
simp. #		胎
alternative forms		孡

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (台) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
胎	*l̥ʰɯː
台	*l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ
邰	*l̥ʰɯː
鮐	*l̥ʰɯː, *lɯ
孡	*l̥ʰɯː
苔	*l'ɯː
抬	*l'ɯː
駘	*l'ɯː, *l'ɯːʔ
炱	*l'ɯː
菭	*l'ɯː, *l'i
跆	*l'ɯː
殆	*l'ɯːʔ
怠	*l'ɯːʔ
迨	*l'ɯːʔ
紿	*l'ɯːʔ
詒	*l'ɯːʔ, *lɯ
軩	*l'ɯːʔ
咍	*hlɯː
佁	*lɯːʔ, *l̥ʰɯs, *lɯʔ
枲	*slɯʔ
辝	*ljɯ
鈶	*ljɯʔ
笞	*l̥ʰɯ
齝	*l̥ʰɯ, *hljɯ
眙	*l̥ʰɯs, *lɯ
治	*l'ɯ, *l'ɯs, *l'is
始	*hljɯʔ
怡	*lɯ
貽	*lɯ
飴	*lɯ
瓵	*lɯ
珆	*li

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰɯː) : semantic ⺼ + phonetic 台 (OC *l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tāi (tai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tai¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): toi¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hoi¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): tai¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thôi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): toi¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): tai¹
• Northern Min (KCR): tái / tó
• Eastern Min (BUC): tăi / tŏi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): the / ther / thai

  (Teochew, Peng'im): to¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹the
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): tai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tai
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai¹
    • Yale: tāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tai
    • Palladius: тай (taj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: tai¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: toi¹
    • Yale: tōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: toi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hoi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hᵘɔi³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: tai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: toi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: toi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: toi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoɪ⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: tai¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰai¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tái / tó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai⁵⁴/, /tʰo⁵⁴/

Note:

• tái - literary;
• tó - vernacular.

• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tăi / tŏi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai⁵⁵/, /tʰøy⁵⁵/

Note:

• tăi - literary;
• tŏi - vernacular.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Jinjiang, Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, Taipei, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: the
    • Tâi-lô: the
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tef
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung): /tʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /tʰe³³/
    • IPA (Zhangpu): /tʰiei⁵⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Hsinchu, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ther
    • Tâi-lô: ther
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /tʰə³³/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /tʰə⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thai
    • Tâi-lô: thai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tay
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tʰai³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangpu): /tʰai⁵⁵/

Note:

• the/ther - vernacular;
• thai - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: to¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tho
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹the
    • MiniDict: the^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹the
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰe⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: tai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: thoj

Rime
Character	胎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	土來切
Baxter	thoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəi/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəj/
Li Rong	/tʰᴀi/
Wang Li	/tʰɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tāi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	toi1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰɯː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	胎
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tāi
Middle Chinese	‹ thoj ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁə/
English	fetus
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	胎
Reading #	1/1
No.	12259
Phonetic component	台
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	胎
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰɯː/

Definitions

胎

1. fetus; unborn child
2. source, origin
3. to bring up, to rear
4. pearl in shell
5. roughcast
6. padding
7. tongue coating; fur

   alt. forms: 苔

8. to escape
9. Alternative form of 鮐／鲐

Compounds

• 一胎化 (yītāihuà)
• 側膜胎座／侧膜胎座
• 像胎
• 凡胎俗骨
• 凡胎濁骨／凡胎浊骨
• 出娘胎
• 出自娘胎
• 剃胎頭／剃胎头
• 十月懷胎／十月怀胎 (shíyuèhuáitāi)
• 卵胎生 (luǎntāishēng)
• 受胎 (shòutāi)
• 各懷鬼胎／各怀鬼胎 (gèhuáiguǐtāi)
• 墮胎／堕胎 (duòtāi)
• 多胞胎 (duōbāotāi)
• 奪胎換骨／夺胎换骨
• 奴胎
• 娘胎 (niángtāi)
• 安胎符
• 安胎藥／安胎药
• 導引胎息／导引胎息
• 心懷鬼胎／心怀鬼胎
• 怪胎 (guàitāi)
• 懷有鬼胎／怀有鬼胎
• 懷胎／怀胎 (huáitāi, “pregnant”)
• 懷著鬼胎／怀著鬼胎
• 懷鬼胎／怀鬼胎
• 打胎 (dǎtāi)
• 托胎
• 投胎 (tóutāi)
• 抽胎換骨／抽胎换骨
• 捏胎鬼
• 掉胎
• 換骨奪胎／换骨夺胎
• 換骨脫胎／换骨脱胎
• 暗結珠胎／暗结珠胎
• 有胎盤類／有胎盘类
• 木胎兒／木胎儿
• 棉花胎 (miánhuātāi)
• 死胎 (sǐtāi)
• 泥胎
• 泥胎兒／泥胎儿
• 漏胎
• 濁骨凡胎／浊骨凡胎
• 珠胎
• 珠胎暗結／珠胎暗结 (zhūtāi'ànjié)
• 瓷胎
• 眼肉胎凡
• 禍胎／祸胎 (huòtāi)
• 美人胎子
• 肉眼凡胎
• 胎位 (tāiwèi)
• 胎便
• 胎兒／胎儿 (tāi'ér, “fetus”)
• 胎具
• 胎動／胎动 (tāidòng)
• 胎子
• 胎息
• 胎教 (tāijiào)
• 胎死腹中 (tāisǐfùzhōng)
• 胎毒 (tāidú)
• 胎毛 (tāimáo)
• 胎氣／胎气 (tāiqì)
• 胎生 (tāishēng)
• 胎生植物
• 胎盤／胎盘 (tāipán)
• 胎盤素／胎盘素
• 胎神
• 胎胞
• 胚胎 (pēitāi, “embryo”)
• 胞胎
• 胚胎學／胚胎学 (pēitāixué)
• 胎膜 (tāimó)
• 胎藏界
• 胎衣 (tāiyī)
• 胎裡壞／胎里坏
• 胎裡富／胎里富
• 胎裡毒／胎里毒
• 胎裡素／胎里素
• 胎記／胎记 (tāijì)
• 胎諱／胎讳
• 胎象
• 胎髮／胎发 (tāifà)
• 脫胎／脱胎 (tuōtāi)
• 脫胎換骨／脱胎换骨 (tuōtāihuàngǔ)
• 舌胎 (shétāi)
• 葡萄胎 (pútáotāi)
• 貧胎／贫胎
• 轉世投胎／转世投胎
• 雙胞胎／双胞胎 (shuāngbāotāi)
• 頭胎／头胎 (tóutāi)
• 鬼胎 (guǐtāi)
• 龍肝豹胎／龙肝豹胎

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tire.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāi (tai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thôi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thai / ther / the

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tai
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai¹
    • Yale: tāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tai
    • Palladius: тай (taj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: toi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: toi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thai
    • Tâi-lô: thai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tay
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰai⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ther
    • Tâi-lô: ther
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: the
    • Tâi-lô: the
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tef
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰe⁴⁴/

Note:

• thai - literary;
• ther/the - vernacular.

Definitions

胎

1. pneumatic tire

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 呔 (taai1)

Compounds

• 備用車胎／备用车胎
• 備胎／备胎 (bèitāi)
• 光頭胎／光头胎 (guāngtóutāi)
• 內胎／内胎 (nèitāi)
• 外胎 (wàitāi)
• 正胎 (zhèngtāi)
• 爆胎 (bàotāi)
• 車胎／车胎 (chētāi)
• 輪胎／轮胎 (lúntāi)

 

Japanese

Kanji

胎

(Jōyō kanji)

1. uterus

Readings

• Go-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
• Kun: はらむ (haramu, 胎む)

Compounds

Compounds

• 懐(かい)胎(たい) (kaitai)
• 奇(き)胎(たい) (kitai)
• 鬼(き)胎(たい) (kitai)
• 金(きん)胎(たい) (kintai)
• 金(こん)胎(たい) (kontai)
• 死(し)胎(たい) (shitai)
• 受(じゅ)胎(たい) (jutai)
• 双(そう)胎(たい) (sōtai)
• 胎(たい)衣(い) (taī)
• 胎(たい)位(い) (taī)
• 胎(たい)芽(が) (taiga)
• 胎(たい)教(きょう) (taikyō)
• 胎(たい)金(こん) (taikon)
• 胎(たい)座(ざ) (taiza)
• 胎(たい)屎(し) (taishi)
• 胎(たい)児(じ) (taiji)
• 胎(たい)生(しょう) (taishō)
• 胎(たい)生(せい) (taisei)
• 胎(たい)蔵(ぞう) (taizō)
• 胎(たい)中(ちゅう) (taichū)
• 胎(たい)土(ど) (taido)
• 胎(たい)動(どう) (taidō)
• 胎(たい)毒(どく) (taidoku)
• 胎(たい)内(ない) (tainai)
• 胎(たい)内(ない) (Tainai)
• 胎(たい)盤(ばん) (taiban)
• 胎(たい)便(べん) (taiben)
• 胎(たい)膜(まく) (taimaku)
• 胎(たい)孕(よう) (taiyō)
• 胎(たい)卵(らん)湿(しっ)化(け) (tairanshikke)
• 胎(たい)を結(むす)ぶ (tai o musubu)
• 多(た)胎(たい) (tatai)
• 堕(だ)胎(たい) (datai)
• 脱(だっ)胎(たい) (dattai), 奪(だっ)胎(たい) (dattai)
• 電(でん)胎(たい)版(ばん) (dentaiban)
• 胚(はい)胎(たい) (haitai)
• 品(ひん)胎(たい) (hintai)
• 不(ふ)胎(たい)化(か) (futaika)
• 母(ぼ)胎(たい) (botai)
• 籃(らん)胎(たい) (rantai)
• 露(ろ)胎(たい) (rotai)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
胎
たい Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 胎 (thoj).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たい [táꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠i]

Noun

胎(たい) • (tai) 

1. womb

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 胎 (MC thoj).

Hanja

Wikisource

胎 (eumhun 아이 밸 태 (ai bael tae))

1. hanja form^? of 태 (“uterus”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 잉태 (孕胎, ingtae)
• 태엽 (胎葉, taeyeop)
• 모태 (母胎, motae)
• 태생 (胎生, taesaeng)
• 낙태 (落胎, naktae)
• 태아 (胎兒, taea)
• 태교 (胎敎, taegyo)
• 태반 (胎盤, taeban)
• 태변 (胎便, taebyeon)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

胎: Hán Nôm readings: thai

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