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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)

材
cái
timber; material, stuff; talent
HSK 4 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

主材
zhǔcái
principal or main material (engineering)
棒材
bàngcái
bar
材积
cáijī
volume (of timber)
材质
cáizhì
texture of timber
题材
tícái
subject matter
HSK 6
人材
réncái
variant of [[人才<réncái>]]
隽材
juàncái
talent
不材
bùcái
untalented
集材
jícái
logging
取材
qǔcái
to collect material
钢材
gāngcái
steel (as raw material)
器材
qìcái
equipment
HSK 6
边材
biāncái
sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood)
身材
shēncái
stature
HSK 5
型材
xíngcái
extruded profile
寿材
shòucái
coffin
蠢材
chǔncái
idiot
高材
gāocái
great talent
药材
yàocái
drug ingredients
良材
liángcái
good timber

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
951
Word Frequency Rank
7,145 of 84,292

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