台 — pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles

Readings

On'yomi

ダイタイ

Kun'yomi

うてなわれつかさ

Example words

• 台だい(1) stand; rack; table (2) support (3) belt (4) counter for machines, incl. vehicles (5) setting (e.g. in jewellery) (6) level (e.g. price level); range (e.g. after physical units); period (of time, e.g. a decade of one's life)
• 舞台ぶたい(1) stage (theatre, theater) (2) scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
• 台風たいふうtyphoon; hurricane
• 台所だいどころkitchen
• 土台どだい(1) foundation; base; basis (2) from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
• 灯台とうだい(1) lighthouse (2) old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
• 寝台しんだいbed; couch
• 台本だいほんscript; libretto; scenario