抬 tái to lift; to raise
Made up of [扌 shǒu hand radical 64, 台 tái typhoon; platform ]Note
Right part is the phonetic, left radical suggests hands involvedNumber of strokes: 8
Related characters
Also uses 扌 shǒu component: 把 bǎ (to hold) 扮 bàn (to act) 抱 bào (to hold) 报 bào (to announce) 担 dān (to undertake) 搞 gǎo (to do) 技 jì (skill) 拉 lā (to pull) 打 qiú (to beat) 推 tuī (to push) 我 wǒ (I (me)) 找 zhǎo (to try to find)
Also uses 台 tái component: 始 shǐ (to begin) 治 zhì (to rule)
Sounds same
台 tái (typhoon)Different tone
太 tài (too) 泰 tàiProverbs
一个和尚挑水喝,两个和尚抬水喝,三个和尚没水喝 yī gè hé shang tiāo shuǐ hē, liǎng gè hé shang tái shuǐ hē, sān ge hé shang méi shuǐ hē Sometimes work is best done alone, a group may procrastinate without achieving anythingAlso
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