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材
cái
timber; material, stuff; talent
🔤 Pictophonetic:
木 (wood) provides meaning, 才 provides pronunciation
HSK 4
7 strokes
Very Common (10%)
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⿰木才
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Component Tree i
cái
才
ability, talent, gift; just, only
💡 Ideographic:
A sprout growing in the ground, representing a budding talent
3 strokes
HSK 3
unknown
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Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
Words Using 材 (61)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
材料
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cáiliào
material / data / makings / stuff / CL:[[個|个<gè>]], [[種|种<zhǒng>]]
4
cáiliào
材料
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HSK 4
material / data / makings / stuff / CL:[[個|个<gè>]], [[種|种<zhǒng>]]
身材
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shēncái
stature / build (height and weight) / figure
5
shēncái
身材
↗
HSK 5
stature / build (height and weight) / figure
教材
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jiàocái
teaching material / CL:[[本<běn>]]
5
jiàocái
教材
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HSK 5
teaching material / CL:[[本<běn>]]
器材
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qìcái
equipment / material
6
qìcái
器材
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HSK 6
equipment / material
题材
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tícái
subject matter
6
tícái
题材
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HSK 6
subject matter
棺材
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guāncai
coffin / CL:[[具<jù>]], [[口<kǒu>]]
guāncai
棺材
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coffin / CL:[[具<jù>]], [[口<kǒu>]]
材
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cái
material / timber / ability / aptitude / a capable individual / coffin (old)
cái
材
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material / timber / ability / aptitude / a capable individual / coffin (old)
木材
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mùcái
wood
mùcái
木材
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wood
蠢材
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chǔncái
idiot
chǔncái
蠢材
↗
idiot
素材
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sùcái
source material (in literature and art)
sùcái
素材
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source material (in literature and art)