裁

Information about character(s)

Radical: 衣
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: cái
Cantonese: coi4
JapaneseKun: TATSU SABAKU
JapaneseOn: SAI
Korean: CAY
Vietnamese: trài

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: cut out; decrease

CE-Dict: to cut out (as a dress)/to cut/to trim/to reduce/to diminish/to cut back (e.g. on staff)/decision/judgment

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to cut
2.to trim; to reduce

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: cut into parts; dismiss; judge; reduce

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: cut into parts; dismiss; judge; reduce

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《衣部》裁制衣也。从衣𢦔聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集下】【衣字部】裁
【唐韻】昨哉切【集韻】【韻會】牆來切，𠀤音材。【說文】制衣也。【玉篇】裂也。　又【儀禮·士喪禮疏】布單衣，漢時名爲通裁。　又節也。【易·繫辭】化而裁之謂之變。【吳語】救其不足，裁其有餘。　又鑒別也。【後漢·李膺傳】獨持風裁。　又自裁，自殺也。【前漢·霍光傳】卒有物故自裁。　又裁度也，與財通。【易·泰卦】后以財成天地之道。　又通纔。【前漢·功臣傳】戸口可得而數，裁什二三。　又【廣韻】昨代切，音在。亦製裁也。【穀梁傳序】準裁靡定。【註】讀去聲。　又【韻補】叶前西切，音齊。【楚辭·惜誓】黃鵠後時而寄處兮，鴟梟羣而制之。神龍失水而陸居兮，爲螻蟻之所裁。

CF-Dict: tailler/couper/réduire/diminuer/renvoyer/sanctionner

Han-De-Dict: herausgeschnitten (als Kleid), geschnitten, Ordnung, verringern, vermindern, Entscheidung, Urteil (u.E.)