苔
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moss; lichen; liverwort
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Dict coverage rank #2,832 U+82D4
How 苔 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “plant”) + 台 (phonetic, tái)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 台
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 台 (tái) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 台 sound component | tái | platform; unit; term of address |
| 胎 | tāi | embryo, fetus; car tire |
| 始 | shǐ | to begin, to start; beginning |
| 抬 | tái | to carry, to lift, to raise |
| 怡 | yí | gladness, joy, pleasure; harmony |
| 笞 | chī | bamboo rod used for beatings |
| 贻 | yí | to hand down, to give to, to bequeath |
| 怠 | dài | idle; negligent, remiss; to neglect |
| 殆 | dài | almost, probably; danger, peril; to endanger |
| 饴 | yí | syrup; sweet-meat, sweet-cake |
| 眙 | yí | to gaze at; a place name |
| 鲐 | tái | mackerel; Pneumatophorus japonicus |
| 跆 | tái | to trample, to kick |
| 炱 | tái | soot |
| 绐 | dài | to pretend, to fool, to cheat |
| 诒 | yí | to bequeath, to pass on |
| 迨 | dài | while, until; to seize, to arrest |
| 邰 | tái | a state in Shanxi province; surname |
| 骀 | tái | tired old horse; tired, exhaused |
Words containing 苔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 西兰苔 | xī lán tái | broccolini |
| 紫菜苔 | zǐ cài tái | variant of 紫菜薹[zi3 cai4 tai2] |
| 生苔 | shēng tái | mossy |
| 海苔 | hǎi tái | nori |
| 苔原 | tái yuán | tundra |
| 青苔 | qīng tái | moss; lichen |
| 叶苔 | yè tái | liverwort (Jungermannia lanceolata) |
| 银苔 | yín tái | moss silver; silver in the form of fibers or branches |
| 绿苔 | lǜ tái | green algae |
| 舌苔 | shé tāi | (TCM) coating on the tongue (examined for the purpose of diagnosis) |
| 蒜苔 | suàn tái | variant of 蒜薹[suan4 tai2] |
| 苔藓 | tái xiǎn | moss |
| 藓苔 | xiǎn tái | moss |