蔡
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Translingual edit
Han character edit
蔡 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 15 strokes in traditional Chinese, 14 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 廿月人火 (TBOF), four-corner 44901, composition ⿱艹祭)
Derived characters edit
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1055, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31818
- Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3282, character 10
- Unihan data for U+8521
Chinese edit
trad. | 蔡 | |
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simp. # | 蔡 | |
2nd round simp. | 𦬁 |
Glyph origin edit
Historical forms of the character 蔡 | |||||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Spring and Autumn | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Qin slip script | Small seal script |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰlaːds) : semantic 艸 (“vegetation”) + phonetic 祭 (OC *ʔsreːds, *ʔsleds).
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
蔡
- (obsolete) weed
- (obsolete) tortoise used for divination
- (~國) (historical) Cai (an ancient Chinese state)
- 孔子遷于蔡三歲,吳伐陳。楚救陳,軍于城父。聞孔子在陳蔡之間,楚使人聘孔子。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Kǒngzǐ qiān yú Cài sān suì, Wú fá Chén. Chǔ jiù Chén, jūn yú Chéngfù. Wén Kǒngzǐ zài Chén Cài zhījiān, Chǔ shǐ rén pìn Kǒngzǐ. [Pinyin]
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孔子迁于蔡三岁,吴伐陈。楚救陈,军于城父。闻孔子在陈蔡之间,楚使人聘孔子。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- a surname
Compounds edit
Descendants edit
Japanese edit
Kanji edit
蔡
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Readings edit
References edit
- “蔡”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
Korean edit
Hanja edit
蔡 (eum 채 (chae))
蔡 (eum 살 (sal))
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