才

See also オ

Translingual

Han character

才 (radical 64 手+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 木竹 (DH), four-corner 4020₀)

1. talent, ability
2. just, only, merely

References

• KangXi: page 416, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11769
• Dae Jaweon: page 763, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1824, character 2
• Unihan data for U+624D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

才 (Yale choi4)

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Japanese

Kanji

才 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: さい (sai), ざい (zai)
• Kun: わずかに (wazukani), ざえ (zae)

Compounds

• 才覚
• 才気
• 才能
• 漫才 (まんざい, manzai, “a style of double act stand-up comedy”)

Noun

才 (hiragana さい, romaji sai)

1. ability, talent, aptitude

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Korean

Hanja

才
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 재 (revised: jae, McCune-Reischauer: chae, Yale: cay)

• Name (hangeul): 재주()

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

才 (pinyin cái (cai2), Wade-Giles ts'ai2)

Compounds

• 才德兼备
• 才调
• 才分
• 才赋
• 才干
• 才刚
• 才高八斗
• 才华
• 才具
• 才俊
• 才力
• 才路
• 才略
• 才貌
• 才名
• 才能
• 才女
• 才气
• 才器
• 才情
• 才人
• 才识
• 才士
• 才疏学浅
• 才思
• 才望
• 才绪
• 才学
• 才艺
• 才藻
• 才智
• 才子

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Middle Chinese

Han character

才 (*dzhəi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

才 (tài)