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材
cái
1.
material
2.
timber
3.
ability
4.
aptitude
5.
a capable individual
6.
coffin (old)
Common • Top 8%
✏️ 7 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
不材
bùcái
untalented
主材
zhǔcái
principal or main material (engineering)
人材
réncái
variant of [[人才<réncái>]]
取材
qǔcái
to collect material
器材
qìcái
equipment
型材
xíngcái
extruded profile
寿材
shòucái
coffin
干材
gàncái
ability
建材
jiàncái
building materials
心材
xīncái
pith
成材
chéngcái
to make sth of oneself
教材
jiàocái
teaching material
木材
mùcái
wood
材料
cáiliào
material
材积
cáijī
volume (of timber)
材质
cáizhì
texture of timber
棒材
bàngcái
bar
棺材
guāncai
coffin
素材
sùcái
source material (in literature and art)
翘材
qiáocái
outstanding talent
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 951
- Word Frequency Rank
- 7,145 of 84,292