Meaning & readings
podium, stage, rostrum, terrace
Origin
This character combines the radical for earth or ground (土) on the left with a sound component on the right that hints at the pronunciation. The earth radical makes sense because a podium or stage is fundamentally a raised platform — a constructed earthen or solid mound. The right component primarily tells you how to say the character rather than contributing additional meaning. Together, these parts create a character that represents an elevated platform made of earth or stone, the kind of structure used for ceremonies, speeches, or performances.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).
Components
- 土
- 亶
A sound hint component points at the character’s pronunciation, not its meaning — don’t read a meaning into it.
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 16
- Kangxi radical
- 32
- Grade
- Jōyō (secondary school)
- Frequency rank
- #1512 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 1
- Unicode
- U+058C7