The Chinese Radical: 台


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Meaning
platform    台

Explanation

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

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

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

Left: money 贝/貝, right: platform, rack 台 (nose 厶 over the mouth 口)
Money is the platform (= means for transfer) for: handing over.  

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