(Dài): Mt Tai in Shandong, same as 泰山

(Dài) is a Chinese character meaning “mt tai in shandong.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical (mountain). It ranks #3915 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: mountain8 strokesFrequency #3915

Definitions

  1. Mt Tai in Shandong
  2. same as 泰山

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
hǎi dàiHaidai, historical region extending from the Bohai Sea to Mt Tai in Shandong
zhāng dàiZhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar
dài shānDaishan county in Zhoushan 舟山[Zhou1 shan1], Zhejiang
dài shān xiànDaishan county in Zhoushan 舟山[Zhou1 shan1], Zhejiang
dài zōnganother name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
鸿hóng máo tài dàilight as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom)
dài yuè qūDaiyue district of Tai'an city 泰安市[Tai4 an1 shi4], Shandong
wáng dài yúWang Daiyu (1584-1670), Hui Islamic scholar of the Ming-Qing transition
dài miàoDai Temple, a temple in Shandong for the god of Mount Tai
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Total compounds
56
As first character
33
As last character
11
As middle character

appears in 9 compound words: 56 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

老师教我们字的发音和笔顺。

lǎo shī jiào wǒ men Dài zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .

The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "Dai."

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Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 岱 (Dài) mean in Chinese?
岱 (Dài) primarily means "mt tai in shandong." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3915 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 岱 have?
岱 is written with 8 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 岱?
The radical associated with 岱 is 山 (mountain). This radical appears in many characters related to mountain.
What are common words containing 岱?
Common words with 岱 include: 海岱 (hǎi dài, "Haidai, historical region extending from the Bohai Sea to Mt Tai in Shandong"); 张岱 (zhāng dài, "Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar"); 岱山 (dài shān, "Daishan county in Zhoushan 舟山[Zhou1 shan1], Zhejiang"); 岱山县 (dài shān xiàn, "Daishan county in Zhoushan 舟山[Zhou1 shan1], Zhejiang"); 岱宗 (dài zōng, "another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]"). There are over 9 compound words containing this character.
Is 岱 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 岱 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.