財

See also: 财

Contents

TranslingualEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

Han characterEdit

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

1. wealth, valuables, riches

ReferencesEdit

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

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ChineseEdit

trad.		財
simp.		财

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cái (cai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòi
• Min Nan (POJ): châi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: cái
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ts'ai²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsair
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi⁴
    • Yale: chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: coiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: coi²
    • IPA: /t͡sʰo̯i¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi
    • Tâi-lô: tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaai
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡saɪ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡saɪ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡zʌi/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*zlɯː/

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/

NounEdit

財

1. wealth, riches

CompoundsEdit

• 財主／财主
• 財力／财力 (cáilì)
• 財務／财务 (cáiwù)
• 財勢／财势
• 財喜／财喜
• 財團／财团 (cáituán)
• 財大氣粗／财大气粗
• 財富／财富 (cáifù)
• 財寶／财宝
• 財帛／财帛
• 財政／财政 (cáizhèng)
• 財政危機／财政危机

• 財政寡頭／财政寡头
• 財政資本／财政资本
• 財會／财会 (cáikuài)
• 財東／财东
• 財權／财权
• 財氣／财气
• 財氣兒／财气儿
• 財源／财源 (cáiyuán)
• 財物／财物 (cáiwù)
• 財產／财产 (cáichǎn)
• 財產權／财产权

• 財神／财神
• 財禮／财礼
• 財稅／财税
• 財經／财经 (cáijīng)
• 財貨／财货
• 財貿／财贸
• 財賦／财赋
• 財路／财路
• 財迷／财迷
• 財運／财运
• 財閥／财阀 (cáifá)

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

財

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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ReadingsEdit

• Goon: ざい (zai)
• Kan’on: さい (sai)
• Kun: たから (takara), わずか (wazuka)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

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

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

財 (tài)

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