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| − | <WL>台 [tái] you; (F臺) platform; 台湾 Taiwan; (F檯) table; (F颱) 台风 [tāi] (地名) 天台@@=台州 [yí] 我; 何; | + | <WL>台 [tái] you; (F臺) platform; 台湾 Taiwan; (F檯) table; (F颱) 台风 [tāi] (地名) 天台@@=台州 [yí] 我; 何; … [sì] 嗣; 始 |
台 and 臺 were two separate characters, and 台 is still sometimes used among full form characters. Today, 台 is used as the simple form of 臺. | 台 and 臺 were two separate characters, and 台 is still sometimes used among full form characters. Today, 台 is used as the simple form of 臺. | ||
| − | 台 is | + | 台 is 厶() breath, over 口 mouth. Once it meant 我 ‘I, we’, and with that meaning would be pronounced “yí”: |
| − | “The 口 mouth exhaling a | + | “The 口 mouth exhaling a 㠯() breath. By extension, to speak in order to make one’s self known; I, one’s self; 说也。” —Wieger. |
| − | 台 also was the name of certain stars in Ursa Major. | + | 台 also was the name of certain stars in Ursa Major. According to Shuōwén, it is the phonetic component of 始 shǐ ‘begin’. |
“The character is now mostly used as a conventional abbreviation for 臺” —Karlgren. | “The character is now mostly used as a conventional abbreviation for 臺” —Karlgren. | ||
臺 is 吉 over 冖 over 至. It is a picture of a tower, like 高 and 京. Hence, an elevated place, platform, terrace. | 臺 is 吉 over 冖 over 至. It is a picture of a tower, like 高 and 京. Hence, an elevated place, platform, terrace. | ||
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