たい

noun

  1. Grand Tutor (second of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty).
  2. Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
たい
太傅 たいふ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

plump, thick, big around
タイ ふと.い タ (2nd, N3)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
tutor
フ かしず.く つく (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
for the first time, not until
ホ フ はじ.めて (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン す みき (6th, N1)