# 太 — Fat

Frequency rank 315 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 藤 (Wisteria), less common than 歩 (Walk).

- On’yomi: たい、た
- Kun’yomi: ふと
- Radical: 大 Big (Kangxi 37)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

The character 太 (fat) looks like a big (big) person with an extra dot representing a bulging belly — big plus extra padding means fat.

In words:

- 太い ふとい — fat
- 太る ふとる — to become fat
- 太陽 たいよう — sun,solar

[Study 太](https://app.kanjidrift.com/study?kanji=%E5%A4%AA)

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