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財
財
See also: 财
Translingual
Han character
財 (radical 154 貝+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月金木竹 (BCDH), four-corner 64800, composition ⿰貝才)
References
- 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
Chinese
| trad. | 財 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 财 | |
Glyph origin
| 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).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): coi4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòi
- Min Dong (BUC): cài
- Min Nan (POJ): châi
- 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
- IPA (key): /t͡sai⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi
- Tâi-lô: tsâi
- Phofsit Daibuun: zaai
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡saɪ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saɪ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡saɪ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡saɪ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡saɪ²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: ze (T3)
- IPA (key): /z̻ᴇ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
| 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 |
| 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/ |
Definitions
財
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Japanese
Kanji
財
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
財 • (jae) (hangeul 재, revised jae, McCune-Reischauer chae, Yale cay)
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Vietnamese
Han character
財 (tài)
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