# 胎

| 胎 | U+80CE, &#32974; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80CE |
| ← 胍 [U+80CD] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 胏 → [U+80CF] |

## Translingual
### Han character

胎 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月戈口 (BIR), four-corner 7326$_0$, composition ⿰⺼台)

#### Derived characters

* 𰌎, 𬛝

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 978, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29369
* Dae Jaweon: page 1429, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2065, character 6
* Unihan data for U+80CE

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 胎 | *l̥ʰɯː |
| 台 | *l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ |
| 邰 | *l̥ʰɯː |
| 鮐 | *l̥ʰɯː, *lɯ |
| 孡 | *l̥ʰɯː |
| 苔 | *l'ɯː |
| 抬 | *l'ɯː |
| 駘 | *l'ɯː, *l'ɯːʔ |
| 炱 | *l'ɯː |
| 菭 | *l'ɯː, *l'i |
| 跆 | *l'ɯː |
| 殆 | *l'ɯːʔ |
| 怠 | *l'ɯːʔ |
| 迨 | *l'ɯːʔ |
| 紿 | *l'ɯːʔ |
| 詒 | *l'ɯːʔ, *lɯ |
| 軩 | *l'ɯːʔ |
| 咍 | *hlɯː |
| 佁 | *lɯːʔ, *l̥ʰɯs, *lɯʔ |
| 枲 | *slɯʔ |
| 辝 | *ljɯ |
| 鈶 | *ljɯʔ |
| 笞 | *l̥ʰɯ |
| 齝 | *l̥ʰɯ, *hljɯ |
| 眙 | *l̥ʰɯs, *lɯ |
| 治 | *l'ɯ, *l'ɯs, *l'is |
| 始 | *hljɯʔ |
| 怡 | *lɯ |
| 貽 | *lɯ |
| 飴 | *lɯ |
| 瓵 | *lɯ |
| 珆 | *li |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰɯː): semantic ⺼ + phonetic 台 (OC *l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): tāi (tai$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tai$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): toi$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hoi$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): tai$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thôi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): toi$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): tai$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): tái / tó
* Eastern Min (BUC): tăi / tŏi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): the / ther / thai
    (Teochew, Peng'im): to$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$the
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): tai$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tāi
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄞ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tai
*** Wade–Giles: tʻai$^1$
*** Yale: tāi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tai
*** Palladius: тай (taj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: tai$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tai
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰai⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: toi$^1$
*** Yale: tōi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: toi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: toi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hoi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hᵘɔi³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: tai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰai⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thôi
*** Hakka Romanization System: toi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: toi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: toi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰoɪ⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: tai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰai¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tái / tó
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰai⁵⁴/, /tʰo⁵⁴/
* tái - literary;
* tó - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: thoj
Rime :
| Character | 胎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 透 (6) |
| Final (韻) | 咍 (41) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 土來切 |
| Baxter | thoj |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tʰʌi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʰəi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tʰɒi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tʰəj/ |
| Li Rong | /tʰᴀi/ |
| Wang Li | /tʰɒi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tʰɑ̆i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tāi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | toi$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤə/
    (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰɯː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 胎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tāi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ thoj › |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ˁə/ |
| English | fetus |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 胎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12259 |
| Phonetic component | 台 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 胎 |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ʰɯː/ |

#### Definitions

胎
* fetus; unborn child
* source, origin
* to bring up, to rear
* pearl in shell
* roughcast
* padding
* tongue coating; fur
    alt. forms: 苔
* to escape
* Alternative form of 鮐 / 鲐

#### Compounds

* 一胎化 (yītāihuà)
* 側膜胎座 / 侧膜胎座
* 像胎
* 凡胎俗骨
* 凡胎濁骨 / 凡胎浊骨
* 出娘胎
* 出自娘胎
* 剃胎頭 / 剃胎头
* 十月懷胎 / 十月怀胎 (shíyuèhuáitāi)
* 卵胎生 (luǎntāishēng)
* 受胎 (shòutāi)
* 各懷鬼胎 / 各怀鬼胎 (gèhuáiguǐtāi)
* 墮胎 / 堕胎 (duòtāi)
* 多胞胎 (duōbāotāi)
* 奪胎換骨 / 夺胎换骨
* 奴胎
* 娘胎 (niángtāi)
* 安胎符
* 安胎藥 / 安胎药
* 導引胎息 / 导引胎息
* 心懷鬼胎 / 心怀鬼胎
* 怪胎 (guàitāi)
* 懷有鬼胎 / 怀有鬼胎
* 懷胎 / 怀胎 (huáitāi, “pregnant”)
* 懷著鬼胎 / 怀著鬼胎
* 懷鬼胎 / 怀鬼胎
* 打胎 (dǎtāi)
* 托胎
* 投胎 (tóutāi)
* 抽胎換骨 / 抽胎换骨
* 捏胎鬼
* 掉胎
* 換骨奪胎 / 换骨夺胎
* 換骨脫胎 / 换骨脱胎
* 暗結珠胎 / 暗结珠胎
* 有胎盤類 / 有胎盘类
* 木胎兒 / 木胎儿
* 棉花胎 (miánhuātāi)
* 死胎 (sǐtāi)
* 泥胎
* 泥胎兒 / 泥胎儿
* 漏胎
* 濁骨凡胎 / 浊骨凡胎
* 珠胎
* 珠胎暗結 / 珠胎暗结 (zhūtāi'ànjié)
* 瓷胎
* 眼肉胎凡
* 禍胎 / 祸胎 (huòtāi)
* 美人胎子
* 肉眼凡胎
* 胎位 (tāiwèi)
* 胎便
* 胎兒 / 胎儿 (tāi'ér, “fetus”)
* 胎具
* 胎動 / 胎动 (tāidòng)
* 胎子
* 胎息
* 胎教 (tāijiào)
* 胎死腹中 (tāisǐfùzhōng)
* 胎毒 (tāidú)
* 胎毛 (tāimáo)
* 胎氣 / 胎气 (tāiqì)
* 胎生 (tāishēng)
* 胎生植物
* 胎盤 / 胎盘 (tāipán)
* 胎盤素 / 胎盘素
* 胎神
* 胎胞
* 胚胎 (pēitāi, “embryo”)
* 胞胎
* 胚胎學 / 胚胎学 (pēitāixué)
* 胎膜 (tāimó)
* 胎藏界
* 胎衣 (tāiyī)
* 胎裡壞 / 胎里坏
* 胎裡富 / 胎里富
* 胎裡毒 / 胎里毒
* 胎裡素 / 胎里素
* 胎記 / 胎记 (tāijì)
* 胎諱 / 胎讳
* 胎象
* 胎髮 / 胎发 (tāifà)
* 脫胎 / 脱胎 (tuōtāi)
* 脫胎換骨 / 脱胎换骨 (tuōtāihuàngǔ)
* 舌胎 (shétāi)
* 葡萄胎 (pútáotāi)
* 貧胎 / 贫胎
* 轉世投胎 / 转世投胎
* 雙胞胎 / 双胞胎 (shuāngbāotāi)
* 頭胎 / 头胎 (tóutāi)
* 鬼胎 (guǐtāi)
* 龍肝豹胎 / 龙肝豹胎

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tire.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tāi (tai$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞ
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thôi
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thai / ther / the
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tāi
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄞ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tai
*** Wade–Giles: tʻai$^1$
*** Yale: tāi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tai
*** Palladius: тай (taj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thôi
*** Hakka Romanization System: toi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: toi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thai
*** Tâi-lô: thai
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tay
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰai⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ther
*** Tâi-lô: ther
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə³³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: the
*** Tâi-lô: the
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tef
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰe⁴⁴/
* thai - literary;
* ther/the - vernacular.

#### Definitions

胎
* pneumatic tire

#### Synonyms

* (Cantonese) 呔 (taai1)

#### Compounds

* 備用車胎 / 备用车胎
* 備胎 / 备胎 (bèitāi)
* 光頭胎 / 光头胎 (guāngtóutāi)
* 內胎 / 内胎 (nèitāi)
* 外胎 (wàitāi)
* 正胎 (zhèngtāi)
* 爆胎 (bàotāi)
* 車胎 / 车胎 (chētāi)
* 輪胎 / 轮胎 (lúntāi)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* uterus

#### Readings

* Go-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
* Kun: はらむ (haramu, 胎む)

#### Compounds

* 懐(かい)胎(たい) (kaitai)
* 奇(き)胎(たい) (kitai)
* 鬼(き)胎(たい) (kitai)
* 金(きん)胎(たい) (kintai)
* 金(こん)胎(たい) (kontai)
* 死(し)胎(たい) (shitai)
* 受(じゅ)胎(たい) (jutai)
* 双(そう)胎(たい) (sōtai)
* 胎(たい)衣(い) (taī)
* 胎(たい)位(い) (taī)
* 胎(たい)芽(が) (taiga)
* 胎(たい)教(きょう) (taikyō)
* 胎(たい)金(こん) (taikon)
* 胎(たい)座(ざ) (taiza)
* 胎(たい)屎(し) (taishi)
* 胎(たい)児(じ) (taiji)
* 胎(たい)生(しょう) (taishō)
* 胎(たい)生(せい) (taisei)
* 胎(たい)蔵(ぞう) (taizō)
* 胎(たい)中(ちゅう) (taichū)
* 胎(たい)土(ど) (taido)
* 胎(たい)動(どう) (taidō)
* 胎(たい)毒(どく) (taidoku)
* 胎(たい)内(ない) (tainai)
* 胎(たい)内(ない) (Tainai)
* 胎(たい)盤(ばん) (taiban)
* 胎(たい)便(べん) (taiben)
* 胎(たい)膜(まく) (taimaku)
* 胎(たい)孕(よう) (taiyō)
* 胎(たい)卵(らん)湿(しっ)化(け) (tairanshikke)
* 胎(たい)を結(むす)ぶ (tai o musubu)
* 多(た)胎(たい) (tatai)
* 堕(だ)胎(たい) (datai)
* 脱(だっ)胎(たい) (dattai), 奪(だっ)胎(たい) (dattai)
* 電(でん)胎(たい)版(ばん) (dentaiban)
* 胚(はい)胎(たい) (haitai)
* 品(ひん)胎(たい) (hintai)
* 不(ふ)胎(たい)化(か) (futaika)
* 母(ぼ)胎(たい) (botai)
* 籃(らん)胎(たい) (rantai)
* 露(ろ)胎(たい) (rotai)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 胎
* たい Grade: S
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 胎 (thoj).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) たい [táꜜì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ta̠i]

### Noun

胎(たい) • (tai)
* womb

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 胎 (MC thoj).

### Hanja

Wikisource 胎 (eumhun 아이 밸 태 (ai bael tae))
* hanja form of 태 (“uterus”)

#### Compounds

* 낙태 (落胎, naktae)
* 모태 (母胎, motae)
* 잉태 (孕胎, ingtae)
* 태교 (胎敎, taegyo)
* 태반 (胎盤, taeban)
* 태변 (胎便, taebyeon)
* 태생 (胎生, taesaeng)
* 태아 (胎兒, taea)
* 태엽 (胎葉, taeyeop)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

胎: Hán Nôm readings: thai
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