太

tài = t + ai4

highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely

太 = 丶 + 大 : Mnemonic symbol: from 太后 [tai4 hou4], the empress dowager. The empress dowager prepares for her reign in the airplane's bathroom (ai4) and has a big robot (大) as well as Tecumseh (t) fan her fresh air with petal leaves (丶).

太 character breakdown

太
- 丶
- 大
  - 一
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏

丶

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).

大

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

大

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

大 = 一 + 人 : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

Characters with 太 as component

态

態

tài = t + ai4

(bound form) / appearance / shape / form / state / attitude / (grammar) voice

态 = 太 + 心 : The empress dowager (太) asks Tecumseh (t) about his attitude (态) towards her in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). Tecumseh isn't sure himself and samples his hearts (心) on a scale from 1 to 10 with one bin per integer. After N is large enough, he sees that his attitude forms a Gaussian distribution (态) with a mean of 6.

汰

tài = t + ai4

to discard / to eliminate

汰 = 太 + 氵 : The empress dowager (太) orders Tecumseh (t) to discard (汰) the water bottle (氵) she used in the airplane's bathroom (ai4).

盍

盇

hé = h + e2

variant of 盍[he2]

盍 = 去 + 皿 : Mnemonic symbol: to make a list of pros and cons.

Hamlet (h) is thinking about smashing a shallow bowl (皿) with a concrete barrel (去) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He thinks "why not" (盍), and decides to make a list of pros and cons (盍) first.

肽

tài = t + ai4

peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)

钛

鈦

tài = t + ai4

titanium (chemistry)

駄

tuó = tu + o2

Japanese variant of 馱|驮

酞

tài = t + ai4