太康

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	peaceful; spongy (of radishes)
trad. (太康)		太	康
simp. ^#(太康)		太	康

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tàikāng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄎㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ hong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tàikāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄎㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tàikang
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻai⁴-kʻang¹
  - Yale: Tài-kāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Taykang
  - Palladius: Тайкан (Tajkan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ kʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ hong¹
  - Yale: taai hōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ hong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³ hong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ hɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: thajH khang

Rime
Character	太	康
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	他蓋切	苦岡切
Baxter	thajH	khang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑi^H/	/kʰɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑi^H/	/kʰɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑi^H/	/kʰɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰaj^H/	/kʰaŋ/
Li Rong	/tʰɑi^H/	/kʰɑŋ/
Wang Li	/tʰɑi^H/	/kʰɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑi^H/	/kʰɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tài	kāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taai³	hong¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤa[t]-s [kʰ]ˤaŋ|k-r̥ˤaŋ|r̥ˤaŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːds kʰlaːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	太	康	康	康
Reading #	1/1	1/3	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tài	kāng	kāng	tāng
Middle Chinese	‹ thaj^H ›	‹ khang ›	‹ khang ›	‹ thang ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁa[t]-s/	/*[kʰ]ˁaŋ/	/*k-r̥ˁaŋ/	/*r̥ˁaŋ/
English	great	empty	tranquil; at ease	name of first Shang ruler
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	太	康
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1937	3981
Phonetic component	大	庚
Rime group	祭	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	泰	康
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːds/	/*kʰlaːŋ/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

太康

(Chinese mythology) Tai Kang (third king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty)
Synonym: 康 (Kāng)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

太康

(historical) Chinese era name from the reign of Emperor Wu of Jin (280–289) or Emperor Daozong of Liao (1075–1084)

Etymology 3

Named after Xia dynasty king 太康.

Proper noun

太康

(～縣) Taikang (a county of Zhoukou, Henan, China)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English TACAN.

Noun

太康

(Taiwan, military, aviation) TACAN