柴

Information about character(s)

Radical: 木
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 10
Variants: 茈

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chái, cī, zhài, zì
Cantonese: caai4
JapaneseKun: SHIBA
JapaneseOn: SAI SHI
Korean: SI CHAY
Vietnamese: sài

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: firewood, faggots, fuel

CE-Dict: firewood/lean (of meat)/thin (of a person)

Soothill: Fuel, firewood, brushwood.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.firewood

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: bavin; brushwood; firewood
【建】 cordwood

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: bavin; brushwood; firewood

湘雅醫學專業詞典: wood

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《木部》柴小木散材。从木此聲。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集中】【木字部】柴
【唐韻】士佳切【集韻】【韻會】鉏佳切【正韻】牀皆切。音近豺。【說文】小木散材。【禮·月令】收秩薪柴。【註】大者可析謂之薪，小者合束謂之𡘌。　又燔柴曰柴。【書·舜典】至于岱宗柴。【傳】祭天告至也，祭時積柴其上而燔之也。　又【說文】徐鍇曰：師行野次，豎散材爲區落，名曰柴籬。後人語譌轉入去聲。又別作寨，非是。　又塞也。【莊子·天地篇】趣舍聲色，以柴其內。　又護也。【淮南子·道應訓】柴箕子之門。　又邑名。【前漢·地理志】高柴屬泰山郡，柴桑屬豫章郡。　又姓。【姓譜】望出平陽，齊文公子高之後。　又【集韻】鋤加切，音查。小木也。　又【類篇】杈宜切，音差。柴池，參差也。【張揖·上林賦】作柴虒。【註】不齊也。　又【說文】作㧘。【集韻】子智切【正韻】資四切，音恣。積也，謂積禽也。【詩·小雅】助我舉柴。　又【集韻】一曰搣，頰勞也。　又仕懈切，音砦。柴藩落也。　又士邁切，音寨。義同。　又叶七何切，音蹉。【劉向·九歎】折芳枝與瓊華兮，樹枳棘與薪柴。掘荃蕙與射干兮，耘藜藿與蘘荷。

Japanese Places Shiba (loc)

CF-Dict: bois de chauffage/diesel/(nom de famille)