砚台

Pinyin: yàn tai
Meaning：Ink stone
Sentence: 他在桌上摆放了砚台，墨，几枝毛笔，一小瓶水，几本书和几张印上大方格的白纸。 Brand new on a desk were an ink stone, ink stick, a few calligraphy brushes, a small bottle of water, a few books and paper with big squares.

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砚：

Pinyin: yàn
Meaning: Ink stone
Radical: 石
Stokes: 9
Traditional: 硯
Common words/Phrase:
砚池 [yàn chí] 【ink slab】
砚石 [yàn shí] 【ink stone】
砚盒 [yàn hé] 【writing box】
砚屏 [yàn píng] 【ink-stone screen】

台：

Pinyin: tái, tāi
Meaning: Station, stand, typhoon
Radical: 口
Stokes: 5
Traditional: 台
Common words/Phrase:
台风 [tái fēng] 【typhoon】
台词 [tái cí] 【actor's lines】
台球 [tái qiú] 【billiards】
台灯 [tái dēng] 【reading lamp】
台阶 [tái jiē] 【flight of steps】