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柴
chái
1. firewood
2. lean (of meat)
3. thin (of a person)
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

柴
chái
firewood, faggots, fuel; surname
HSK 5 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

柴油
cháiyóu
diesel fuel
HSK 6
火柴
huǒchái
match (for lighting fire)
HSK 5
柴草
cháicǎo
firewood
柴火
cháihuo
firewood
柴鸡
cháijī
a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs
柴胡
cháihú
Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense)
柴门
cháimén
lit. woodcutter's family
柴车
cháichē
simple and crude cart (or chariot)
废柴
fèichái
(Cantonese) (coll.) good-for-nothing
引柴
yǐnchái
kindling (to light a fire)
劈柴
pīchái
to chop firewood
打柴
dǎchái
to chop firewood
木柴
mùchái
firewood
劈柴
pǐchái
chopped wood
柴薪
cháixīn
firewood
引火柴
yǐnhuǒchái
kindling
北柴胡
běicháihú
honewort
大柴旦
Dàcháidàn
Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture [[海西蒙古族藏族自治州<HǎixīMěnggǔzúZàngzúzìzhìzhōu>]], Qinghai
木柴堆
mùcháiduī
pile of firewood
柴油机
cháiyóujī
diesel engine

Alternate Entries

柴
Chái
surname Chai

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,980
Word Frequency Rank
4,211 of 84,292

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