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Visual pattern

台 component

tái · platform; unit; term of address

A recurring visual building block found inside multiple Chinese characters. Compare what stays the same and what changes across the family.

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A repeatable reading move

How to use 台

Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.

1

Spot 台

Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.

2

Compare the visual pattern

Use the stable shape to recognize the family, without assuming it always supplies meaning or sound.

3

Check what changes

Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.

Shared clue台Visual pattern

Read the pattern before memorizing the list

Use the shared shape as a recognition anchor, then confirm the full character's pronunciation and meaning.

The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.

Compare the family

What stays the same, what changes?

Each card keeps 台 visible while showing the other building blocks and the completed character.

治=
氵+台
zhìHSK 3.0 · L5

to administer, to govern, to regulate

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饴yí怠dài殆dài炱tái贻yí眙yí笞chī跆tái詒yí貽yí鲐tái飴yí颱tái
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Words you can read next

These words contain characters from the 台 family. Open one to see its complete breakdown.

开始kāishǐ

to begin

HSK 3.0 · L2抬tái

to lift

HSK 3.0 · L4抬头táitóu

to raise one's head

HSK 3.0 · L4始终shǐzhōng

from beginning to end

HSK 3.0 · L5政治zhèngzhì

politics

HSK 3.0 · L5治zhì

to rule

HSK 3.0 · L5治疗zhìliáo

to treat

HSK 3.0 · L5防治fángzhì

to prevent and cure

HSK 3.0 · L6原始yuánshǐ

first

HSK 3.0 · L6治理zhìlǐ

to govern

HSK 3.0 · L6创始人chuàngshǐrén

creator

HSK 3.0 · L7-9怠工dàigōng

to slacken off in one's work

HSK 3.0 · L7-9