The Chinese Radical: 台


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Meaning
stage, tribune    台

Explanation

Used in these characters:
始
JLPT HSK 2
to begin, to start, then, only then
shǐ
女 台 厶
Left: woman 女, right: stage, tribune 台 (The nose 厶 is above the mouth 口 as if on a tribune.)
The woman came on the tribune/stage and started.  
台
JLPT HSK 4
stage, tribune, terrace, stand, support
tái
台 厶 口
Top: nose 厶, below: mouth 口
The nose is above the mouth as if on a tribune.  
抬
JLPT HSK 4
to lift, to raise, (of two or more persons) to carry
tái
扌 台
Left: hand 扌, right: stage, tribune 台 (The nose 厶 is above the mouth 口 as if on a tribune.)
If the hand brings sth. on a stage, it has lifted or raised it.  
治
JLPT HSK 5
to heal/cure, to rule, to control, government
zhì
氵 台
Left: water 氵/水 (here: spring), right: stage, tribune 台 (The nose 厶 is above the mouth 口 as if on a tribune.)
If water is presented on a stage, it must be (special) for healing or from the government.  
胎
JLPT HSK 6
fetus, embryo, (air-)tire(=轮胎)
tāi
肉 台
Left: (part of the) body 月/肉, right: stage, tribune, platform, rack 台 (The nose 厶 is above the mouth 口 as if on a tribune.
A body part serves a platform (= womb) for: the fetus.  
怠
JLPT HSK 6
lazy, idle, negligent, careless
dài
台 心
From top: stage, tribune 台 (The nose 厶 is above the mouth 口 as if on a tribune.), heart 心
At a (performance) on stage, the heart is feeling lazy.  
冶
JLPT no HSK
metallurgy, to smelt, cast, to mould
yě
冫 台
Left: ice 冫, which stands for "not-melted", right: stage, tribune 台 (The nose 厶 is above the mouth 口 as if on a tribune.)
“Ice” (= sth. not melted) has its stage appearance during smelting.  
怡
JLPT no HSK
harmony, pleased
yí
忄 台
Left: feelings 忄, right: stage, tribune 台 (The nose 厶 is above the mouth 口 as if on a tribune.)
The feeling on a stage is: Harmony.  
苔
JLPT no HSK
moss, lichen, coating
tāi, tái
艹 台
Top: plant 艹, bottom: stage, tribune 台 (The nose 厶 is above the mouth 口 as if on a tribune.)
The plant for the stage is the: moss.  
殆
JLPT no HSK
dangerous, perilous, endanger, almost, only
dài
歹 台
Left: evil, bad 歹 (image of a bare bone, vertebra), right: stage, tribune 台 (The nose 厶 is above the mouth 口 as if on a tribune.)
If sth. evil on stage is: dangerous.  
贻
JLPT no HSK
to hand down, to bequeath
yí
贝 台
Left: money 贝/貝, right: stage, tribune 台 (The nose 厶 is above the mouth 口 as if on a tribune.)
Money is the stage (= means for transfer) for: handing over.  

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