Zi:太

太 [tài] great; very/extremely; too (much, excessive/extreme); 太​阳 Sun; 太太 Madame; (HDZ:) … [tā] (​地​名) 太​末

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►¹tài* ​太 {A} adv. ①excessively; too ②extremely; very ◆b.f. ①grand; supreme ►tàikōng 太空 ②more/most senior ►tàifūren 太夫人

The character 太 tài (4 strokes) is said to be an old abbrev. of older forms ​冭/​夳 of the character ​泰(​𡙌​𡙥), used to distinguish certain senses formerly wr. ​大 dài/tài.
    Note: In the usage for ​大 dài/tài, 太 is seen as a contraction (​合​字, ​合​音) of ​大 + ​一 (the lower stroke ​丶 being short for ​一); cf. ​大 dài (​大​医).
    Compare: ​犬 quǎn ‘dog’; ​尤 yóu ‘distinctive/prominent/outstanding’.
    HDZ: 太 : tài : ​大 (cf. ​夳); ​身​分​最​高​或​辈​数​更​高​的; (​古) ​记​数​有​所​超​过​称太; ​泰: ​顺​利, ​安​宁; (​副​词) (​甚; (太​美, 太​好, 太​伟​大); ​很) • tā : (​地​名) 太​末
    HDC: ​大​一 : dàyī : (​古) (​道​家) ​大​到​极​点​而​囊​括​一​切
    HDC: ​大​一 : tàiyī : ​天​地​未​分​前​混​沌​之​元​气; ​原​始​朴​素​状​态; 太​古​时​代; ​天
►references: Guǎngyùn:379.42; Henshall:164; Karlgren:AD963,GSR317d; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.524.1; Mathews:6020; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:248.10; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:006.0.06; Wáng(1993):3; EDOC:1
►components: ​大​丶​
►Cantonese: taai-
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Unicode: U+592A
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