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太

Level III of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 315 / 2,608

Fat

On’yomi
たい、た
Kun’yomi
ふと
Radical
大 Big (Kangxi 37)

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

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

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 fatN5
太る ふとる to become fatN4
太陽 たいよう sun,solarN3

太 is rank 315 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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