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才
才
Translingual
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Han character
才 (radical 64 手+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 木竹 (DH), four-corner 40200)
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
Chinese
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 才
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Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
Characters in the same phonetic series (才) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
茬 | *zraː, *zraːʔ, *ʔsrɯ, *zrɯ |
材 | *zlɯː |
才 | *zlɯː, *zlɯːs |
財 | *zlɯː |
鼒 | *zlɯː, *ʔslɯ |
在 | *zlɯːʔ, *zlɯːs |
豺 | *zrɯː |
Pictogram (象形) – sprouting of seeds.
Etymology 1
simp. and trad. |
才 |
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Derivatives: 材 (OC *zlɯː, “material; timber”), 財 (OC *zlɯː, “riches; property; money”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): coi4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòi
- Min Dong (BUC): cài / chài / cò̤i
- Min Nan (POJ): châi / chhâi
- Wu (Wiktionary): ze (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ
- Wade-Giles: ts'ai2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsair
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: coi4
- Yale: chòih
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi4
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòi
- Hakka Romanization System: coiˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: coi2
- IPA: /t͡sʰo̯i¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: cài / chài / cò̤i
- IPA (key): /t͡sai⁵³/, /t͡sʰai⁵³/, /t͡søy⁵³/
- Note: cài - vernacular; chài - literary (奴才); cò̤i - vernacular (秀才).
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi / chhâi
- Tâi-lô: tsâi / tshâi
- Phofsit Daibuun: zaai, zhaai
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡saɪ²⁴/, /t͡sʰaɪ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saɪ²⁴/, /t͡sʰaɪ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡saɪ¹³/, /t͡sʰaɪ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡saɪ²⁴/, /t͡sʰaɪ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡saɪ²³/, /t͡sʰaɪ²³/
- Note: châi - vernacular; chhâi - literary (classifier).
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: ze (T3)
- IPA (key): /z̻ᴇ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
Rime | |
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Character | 才 |
Reading # | 1/2 |
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 |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 才 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
cái |
Middle Chinese |
‹ dzoj › |
Old Chinese |
/*[dz]ˤə/ |
English | talent, ability |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 才 |
Reading # | 1/2 |
No. | 1061 |
Phonetic component |
才 |
Rime group |
之 |
Rime subdivision |
0 |
Corresponding MC rime |
裁 |
Old Chinese |
/*zlɯː/ |
Definitions
才
- ability; gift; talent; capability
- talented person; talent
- one with a certain status or background
- (Min Nan) Alternative form of 材 (“classifier for volume (of wood) and area (of paper, glass, stone, curtain, etc.)”).
- A surname.
Compounds
Derived terms from 才
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Etymology 2
trad. | 才/纔 | |
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simp. | 才 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ
- Wade-Giles: ts'ai2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsair
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: coi4
- Yale: chòih
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi4
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: chăi / chài
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰai⁵³/
- Note: chăi - vernacular; chài - literary.
- (Fuzhou)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: ze (T3)
- IPA (key): /z̻ᴇ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
Rime | ||
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Character | 才 | 才 |
Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
Initial (聲) | 從 (15) | 從 (15) |
Final (韻) | 咍 (41) | 咍 (41) |
Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
Division (等) | I | I |
Fanqie | 昨哉切 | 昨代切 |
Reconstructions | ||
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/d͡zʌi/ | /d͡zʌiH/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/d͡zəi/ | /d͡zəiH/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/d͡zɒi/ | /d͡zɒiH/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/d͡zəj/ | /d͡zəjH/ |
Li Rong |
/d͡zᴀi/ | /d͡zᴀiH/ |
Wang Li |
/d͡zɒi/ | /d͡zɒiH/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/d͡zʱɑ̆i/ | /d͡zʱɑ̆iH/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
cái | zài |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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Character | 才 | 才 |
Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
No. | 1061 | 1220 |
Phonetic component |
才 | 才 |
Rime group |
之 | 之 |
Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
Corresponding MC rime |
裁 | 載 |
Old Chinese |
/*zlɯː/ | /*zlɯːs/ |
Definitions
才
- only; just; merely
- only a short while ago; just
- only after; only then; not ... until
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- 她鎖上所有的窗戶才去睡覺。 [MSC, trad.]
- 她锁上所有的窗户才去睡觉。 [MSC, simp.]
- Tā suǒ shàng suǒyǒu de chuānghù cái qù shuìjiào. [Pinyin]
- She went to sleep only after locking all the windows.
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- 你怎麼現在才到。我等了一個多小時了。 [MSC, trad.]
- 你怎么现在才到。我等了一个多小时了。 [MSC, simp.]
- Nǐ zěnme xiànzài cái dào. Wǒ děng le yī ge duō xiǎoshí le. [Pinyin]
- Why didn't you come until now? I've been waiting for more than an hour.
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- Used to emphasize that something is/is not.
Compounds
Etymology 3
simp. and trad. |
才 | |
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alt. forms |
乍 Min Dong 則/则 即 |
Possibly from 正 (“just”) (Taiwan MoE).
Pronunciation
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ciáh
- IPA (key): /t͡siɑʔ²⁴/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiah
- Tâi-lô: tsiah
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciaq
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiaʔ³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiaʔ⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiaʔ³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiaʔ³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien)
Definitions
才 (Min)
Compounds
Derived terms from 才
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Japanese
Kanji
才
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Readings
Compounds
- 才覚 (saikaku)
- 才気 (saiki)
- 才能 (sainō)
- 漫才 (manzai):a style of double act stand-up comedy
Noun
Korean
Hanja
才 • (jae)
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 재 (revised: jae, McCune-Reischauer: chae, Yale: cay)
- Name (hangeul): 재주()
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Vietnamese
Han character
才 (tài)
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