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台 means 'pedestal' or 'platform'

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Strokes : 5    Frequency: 354   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-7    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 12    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 82 words   Used in 304 words   Used in 2400 names   Component in 33 kanji (5 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ダイ   タイ
Additional readings
Kun    うてな   われ   つかさ
Components
⿱  厶 (ム) private  口 mouth  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 台 is used 17 times, read 2 ways. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 台 is used 280 times, read 3 ways. 2 words use a non-standard reading.
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ダイ : 199 words FIND ALL
だ い ど こ ろ 0
1. kitchen
noun
2. financial situation
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タイ : 78 words FIND ALL
た い ふ う 3
noun
typhoon; hurricane
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うてな : 1 word FIND ALL
う て な 0 う て な 1
noun
1. tower
2. stand; pedestal
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Part of a non-standard reading: 2 words. FIND ALL
せ り ふ 1
Most common form: せりふ
noun
speech; words; one's lines; remarks  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 25 less common words include 台 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 183 (originally: 166)  Joy o' Kanji : 166  Key to Kanji: 704 

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台
ダイ   タイ    pedestal   
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厶
ム   private
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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