材

Information about character(s)

Radical: 木
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 3
Total Strokes: 7

Pronunciation

Pinyin: cái
Cantonese: coi4
JapaneseKun: MARUTA
JapaneseOn: ZAI
Korean: CAY

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: material, stuff; timber; talent

CE-Dict: material/timber/ability/aptitude/a capable individual/coffin (old)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.material
2.timber
3.ability; aptitude
4.man or woman of ability or competence

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: material; timber

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: material; timber

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《木部》材木梃也。从木才聲。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集中】【木字部】材
【唐韻】昨哉切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】牆來切，𠀤音才。【說文】木梃也。徐曰：木勁直堪入於用者。【孟子】材木不可勝用。　又【周禮·地官】委人掌斂疏材。【疏】材是木實，榛栗之屬。　又【周禮·冬官考工記】五材：金、木、水、火、土也。又六材：木工、金工、皮工、設色之工、刮磨之工、搏埴之工也。又【太宰之職】百工飭化八材：珠、象、玉、石、土、金、革、羽也。　又與才同。【書·咸有一德】任官惟賢材。　又與財通。【孟子】有達財者。　又質性也。【中庸】必因其材而篤焉。　又【集韻】昨代切，音在。材具也。　又叶前西切，音齊。【劉向·列女傳】妻往說公，陳其幹材，列言勞苦。公遂釋之。
考證：〔搏植之工也。〕　謹照周禮原文搏植改搏埴。〔百工，飭庀八材。〕　謹照周禮原文飭庀改飭化。

CF-Dict: matière/matériaux/capacité/aptitude

Han-De-Dict: Material (u.E.) (S)