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苔
tái
1. moss
Common • Top 12% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

苔
tái
moss, lichen
8 丶

Compound Words (12)

海苔
hǎitái
nori
生苔
shēngtái
mossy
绿苔
lǚtái
green algae
苔藓
táixiǎn
moss
叶苔
yètái
liverwort (Jungermannia lanceolata)
蒜苔
suàntái
see [[蒜薹<suàntái>]]
藓苔
xiǎntái
moss
银苔
yíntái
moss silver
青苔
qīngtái
moss
紫菜苔
zǐcàitái
purple cabbage
芸苔子
yúntáizǐ
rape (Brassica campestris L.)
芸苔属
yúntáishǔ
genus Brassica (cabbage, rape etc)

Alternate Entries

苔
tāi
coating (of tongue)

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Character Frequency Rank
3,105
Word Frequency Rank
10,302 of 84,292

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