枱

檯
tái
noun #46,914

Meanings

  1. 1 a counter; a table or stand (variant of 台)

Examples

HSK 4
Tā bǎ shū fàng zài xiězìtái shàng.
He put the book on the writing desk.

Tips

history
枱 is an old variant not used independently in modern standard Chinese. The 'counter / stand / table' sense is now written 台 (as in 柜台 'shop counter', 写字台 'writing desk'); the traditional furniture form is 檯.
register
Obsolete variant - appears in old texts and variant-character notes; use 台 today.

Components

radical
木 mù
wood; tree
木 the wood radical marks this as a wooden article of furniture - a counter or stand.
phonetic
台 tái
platform; stand
台 gives the sound tái and also the core meaning 'platform / stand', which is why modern Chinese simply uses 台 on its own.

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Stroke Order

枱 tái