Japanese

Syllable

た ‎(romaji ta)

1. The hiragana syllable た ‎(ta). Its equivalent in katakana is タ ‎(ta). It is the sixteenth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is た行あ段 ‎(ta-gyō a-dan, “row ta, section a”).

Derived terms

• だ ‎(da)

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

Short form of たれ ‎(tare).

Pronoun

た ‎(romaji ta)

1. interrogative personal pronoun; who
   • c. late 9th – mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari

     あの書をきし文を讀み聞かせけれど、「なにせむにか命もおしからむ。たが為にか。何事も用もなし」とて[...]

Etymology 3

Kanji reading

た ‎(romaji ta)

1. 他: other
2. 田: field
3. 大: big, large

References

• Sakakura, Atsuyoshi; Yūichi Ōtsu; Hiroshi Tsukishima; Toshiko Abe; Imai Gen'e (1957) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 9: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari, Yamato Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-060009-5.