材

See also: 村

材	U+6750, 材 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6750

← 杏
[U+674F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

村 →
[U+6751]

Translingual

Han character

材 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木木竹 (DDH), four-corner 4490₀, composition ⿰木才)

Derived characters

𩭘

References

KangXi: page 511, character 16

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14463

Dae Jaweon: page 896, character 4

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1158, character 1

Unihan data for U+6750

Chinese

simp. and trad.		材
alternative forms		才

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 木 + phonetic 才 (OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): cái (cai²)
(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ
(Chengdu, SP): cai²
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴
Min Dong (BUC): cài
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): châi / chhâi
(Teochew, Peng'im): cai⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cái
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cái
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻai²
  - Yale: tsái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsair
  - Palladius: цай (caj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: cai²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cai
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi⁴
  - Yale: chòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi
  - Tâi-lô: tsâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zaai
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /t͡sai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâi
  - Tâi-lô: tshâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaai
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cai⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /d͡zʌi/

Rime
Character	材
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coi⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤə/
(Zhengzhang): /*zlɯː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	材
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cái
Middle Chinese	‹ dzoj ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ˁə/
English	timber
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	材
Reading #	1/1
No.	1060
Phonetic component	才
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	裁
Old Chinese	/*zlɯː/

Definitions

材

material; stuff
timber
Alternative form of 才 (cái, “talent; ability”).

Compounds

Derived terms from 材

不出材
不成材 (bùchéngcái)
不材
五材
五短身材
伴材
俊材
八材
凡材
出材
印材
取材 (qǔcái)
可造之材 (kězàozhīcái)
器材 (qìcái)
因材施教 (yīncáishījiào)
大材小用 (dàcái-xiǎoyòng)
奴材
媒材
宏材大略
小材大用
就地取材
庸材
建材 (jiàncái)
心材 (xīncái)
成材 (chéngcái)
成材林
教材 (jiàocái)
早材
木材 (mùcái)
材人
材伎
材器
材官 (cáiguān)
材料 (cáiliào)
材智高奇
材木 (cáimù)
材武
材疏志大
材高知深
梓材
棺材 (guāncai)
棺材座子

棺材本 (guāncaiběn)
棺材板 (guāncaibǎn)
棺材楦子
棺材瓤子
樗朽之材
樗材
活教材 (huójiàocái)
液材
焊接材料
狗材
石化材料
石材 (shícái)
竹材 (zhúcái)
箔材
素材 (sùcái)
老棺材
耐火材料
至材
良材
花材
菲材
蠢材 (chǔncái)
身材 (shēncái)
逸材
酒材
防水材料
防火建材
陶瓷材料
集材
骨材
高材生 (gāocáishēng)
高材疾足
魔鬼身材 (móguǐ shēncái)
斗筲之材
別材／别材
吸聲材料／吸声材料
壽材／寿材 (shòucái)
多材多藝／多材多艺
廊廟材／廊庙材
建築材料／建筑材料 (jiànzhù cáiliào)
懷材抱德／怀材抱德

掄材／抡材
擲地之材／掷地之材
木材工業／木材工业
材兒／材儿
材堪盤錯／材堪盘错
材大難用／材大难用
材幹／材干 (cáigān)
材積／材积 (cáijī)
材能兼備／材能兼备
材藝／材艺
材質／材质 (cáizhì)
材輕德薄／材轻德薄
松材線蟲／松材线虫 (sōngcáixiànchóng)
棟梁之材／栋梁之材
楚材晉用／楚材晋用
樗櫟庸材／樗栎庸材
沒底棺材／没底棺材
濾材／滤材
熟料材兒／熟料材儿
真材實料／真材实料 (zhēncáishíliào)
綿力薄材／绵力薄材
線材／线材
翹材／翘材
藥材／药材 (yàocái)
衒材揚己／衒材扬己
製材／制材
複合材料／复合材料 (fùhé cáiliào)
譾薄之材／谫薄之材
軟材／软材
軼材／轶材
進棺材／进棺材 (jìn guāncái)
運動器材／运动器材
適材適用／适材适用
選材／选材 (xuǎncái)
量材錄用／量材录用
金屬材料／金属材料
鋼材／钢材 (gāngcái)
長材／长材
雄材偉略／雄材伟略
題材／题材 (tícái)
鳩工庀材／鸠工庀材

Japanese

Kanji

材

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: ざい (zai, Jōyō)
Kan-on: さい (sai)
Kun: まるた (maruta, 材)

Compounds

教(きょう)材(ざい) (kyōzai, “teaching materials”)
石(セキ)材(ザイ) (sekizai, “stone used as building material”)

Noun

材(ざい) • (zai)

wood
raw material
talent, genius

Korean

Hanja

材 (eumhun 재목 재 (jaemok jae))

Hanja form^? of 재 (“material; talent”).

Vietnamese

Han character

材: Hán Nôm readings: tài

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