蔡

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 14

Pronunciation

Pinyin: cài, sà, cā
Cantonese: coi3
JapaneseKun: AKUTA OTOROERU HERASU
JapaneseOn: SAI SATSU
Korean: CHAY SAL

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: surname; species of tortoise

CE-Dict: surname Cai

Soothill: chāyā (छाया), a shadow, reflection; gnomon, dial.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a large turtle or tortoise (whose shell was used in divination in ancient China)
2.name of an ancient state in the Epoch of Spring and Autumn

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》蔡艸也。从艸祭聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】蔡
〔古文〕𣞖【唐韻】倉大切【集韻】【類篇】七蓋切，𠀤音䌨。【說文】草也。【玉篇】草芥也。草際也。　又【論語】臧文仲居蔡。【何晏註】蔡，國君之守龜，出蔡地，因以爲名焉。　又山名。【書·禹貢】蔡蒙旅平。【疏】蔡，山名。　又【禹貢】二百里蔡。【傳】蔡，法也。法三百里而差𥳑。　又國名。【書·蔡仲之命疏】成王命蔡叔之子踐諸侯之位，作蔡仲之命。　又姓。【史記】蔡澤，古作祭，【左傳】祭仲，【國語】祭公謀父，【後漢書】祭遵俱作蔡。　又【集韻】七曷切，音攃。【前漢·李廣利傳】昧蔡爲宛王。　又桑割切，音薩。放也。【左傳·昭元年】周公殺管叔而蔡蔡叔。【韻會】本作𥻦，言放之若散米。今作蔡。　又【韻補】叶子例切，音祭。【王褒·九懷】水躍兮余旌，繼以兮微蔡。雲旗兮電騖，倏忽兮容裔。

Ding Fubao - Dictionary for Buddhist Studies (丁福保:佛學大辭典) （雜名）量日晷也。三德指歸曰：“那爛陀僧吉祥月雲：西域立表量影，影梵雲蔡，此雲影。朝蔡倒西去，便以腳足前後步之，數足步影也。”

CF-Dict: (nom de famille)

Han-De-Dict: Cai (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)