Wiktionary

財

See also: 财
財 U+8CA1, 財
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CA1
← 負
[U+8CA0] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 貢 →
[U+8CA2]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

財 (radical 154, 貝+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月金木竹 (BCDH), four-corner 64800, composition ⿰貝才)

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 1204, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36664
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1666, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3624, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8CA1

ChineseEdit

trad. 財
simp. 财
alternative forms 𧴫

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (才) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
茬 *zraː, *zraːʔ, *ʔsrɯ, *zrɯ
材 *zlɯː
才 *zlɯː, *zlɯːs
財 *zlɯː
鼒 *zlɯː, *ʔslɯ
在 *zlɯːʔ, *zlɯːs
豺 *zrɯː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zlɯː): semantic 貝 (“shell”) + phonetic 才 (OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs).

PronunciationEdit

Rime
Character 財
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 昨哉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡zʌi/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡zəi/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡zɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡zəj/
Li
Rong 		/d͡zᴀi/
Wang
Li 		/d͡zɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/d͡zʱɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		cái
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		coi4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 財
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		cái
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzoj ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[dz]ˁə/
English wealth

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 財
Reading # 1/1
No. 1062
Phonetic
component 		才
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		裁
Old
Chinese 		/*zlɯː/

DefinitionsEdit

財

  1. wealth; valuables; riches; money
    君子愛財，取之有道。 [MSC, trad.]
    君子爱财，取之有道。 [MSC, simp.]
    Jūnzǐ ài cái, qǔ zhī yǒu dào. [Pinyin]
    A nobleman makes fortune in a noble way.

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 財

ReferencesEdit

JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

財

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. property; riches; wealth

ReadingsEdit

NounEdit

財(たから) • (takara) 

  1. treasure

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

財 (eumhun 재물 재 (jaemul jae))

  1. Hanja form? of 재 (“wealth, property”).

VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

財: Hán Nôm readings: tài

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