The Chinese Radical: 台


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Meaning
platform    台

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
to begin, to start, then, only then
shǐ
Left: woman , right: platform (The nose over the mouth is like a platform.)
The lady on the platform begins.
JLPT HSK 4
platform, stage, terrace, stand, support
tái
Top: nose , below: mouth
The nose over the mouth is like a platform.
JLPT HSK 4
to lift, to raise, (of two or more persons) to carry
tái
Left: hand , right: platform, rack (That's the nose for the mouth )
If the hand brings sth. on a platform it has lifted or raised it.
JLPT HSK 5
to heal/cure, to rule, to control, government
zhì
Left: water / (here: spring), right: platform (The nose over the mouth is like a platform)
The spring's water on the platform is healing and controlled by the government.
JLPT HSK 6
fetus, embryo, (air-)tire(=轮胎)
tāi
Left: (part of the) body /, right: platform (The nose over the mouth is like a platform.)
A body part serves a platform (= womb) for: the fetus.
JLPT HSK 6
lazy, idle, negligent, careless
dài
From top: platform (nose over the mouth ), heart
On the platform a heart is feeling lazy.
JLPT no HSK
metallurgy, to smelt, cast, to mould

Left: ice , which stands for "not-melted", right: platform, stand (nose over the mouth )
"Ice" (= sth. not melted) is the platform (= starting point) for smelting in metallurgy.
JLPT no HSK
harmony, pleased

Left: feelings , right: platform, rack (The nose over the mouth is like a platform)
The feeling that there is (for everything) a frame is: Harmony.
JLPT no HSK
moss, lichen, coating
tāi, tái
Top: plant , bottom: platform, rack (nose over the mouth )
The plant on platforms is the: moss.
JLPT no HSK
dangerous, perilous, endanger, almost, only
dài
Left: evil, bad (image of a bare bone, vertebra), right: platform, rack (nose over the mouth )
If sth. evil like a bare bone is on the platform, it is dangerous.
JLPT no HSK
to hand down, to bequeath

Left: money /貝, right: platform, rack (nose over the mouth )
Money is the platform (= means for tranfer) for: handing over.

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