蔡
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Translingual
Han character
蔡 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 15 strokes in traditional Chinese, 14 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 廿月人火 (TBOF), four-corner 44901, composition ⿱艹祭)
Derived characters
- 攃 櫒 礤
References
- KangXi: page 1055, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31818
- Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3282, character 10
- Unihan data for U+8521
Chinese
trad. | 蔡 | |
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simp. # | 蔡 | |
2nd round simp. | 𦬁 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 蔡 | |||||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Spring and Autumn | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Qin slip script | Small seal script |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (祭) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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蔡 | *sʰlaːds |
瘵 | *ʔsreːds |
祭 | *ʔsreːds, *ʔsleds |
際 | *ʔsleds |
穄 | *ʔsleds |
鰶 | *ʔsleds |
傺 | *hr'eds |
摖 | *sʰleːds |
擦 | *sʰlaːd |
攃 | *sʰlaːd, *saːd |
礤 | *sʰlaːd |
察 | *sʰreːd |
詧 | *sʰreːd, *sʰeːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰlaːds) : semantic 艸 (“vegetation”) + phonetic 祭 (OC *ʔsreːds, *ʔsleds).
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Definitions
蔡
- (obsolete) weed
- (obsolete) tortoise used for divination
- (~國) (historical) Cai (an ancient Chinese state)
- 孔子遷于蔡三歲,吳伐陳。楚救陳,軍于城父。聞孔子在陳蔡之間,楚使人聘孔子。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Kǒngzǐ qiān yú Cài sān suì, Wú fá Chén. Chǔ jiù Chén, jūn yú Chéngfù. Wén Kǒngzǐ zài Chén Cài zhījiān, Chǔ shǐ rén pìn Kǒngzǐ. [Pinyin]
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孔子迁于蔡三岁,吴伐陈。楚救陈,军于城父。闻孔子在陈蔡之间,楚使人聘孔子。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- a surname
- 蔡英文 ― Cài Yīngwén ― Tsai Ing-wen (President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), 2016–present)
- 蔡倫/蔡伦 ― Cài Lún ― Cai Lun (inventor of paper)
Compounds
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Descendants
- → English: Cai, Tsai, Ts'ai, Choi, Choy, Tsoi, Chua
- → Tagalog: Chua (via Hokkien)
Japanese
Kanji
蔡
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
- Go-on: さい (sai)
- Kan-on: さい (sai)
- On: さつ (satsu)
- Kun: あくた (akuta); おとろえる (otoroeru); へらす (herasu)
Korean
Hanja
蔡 (eum 채 (chae))
蔡 (eum 살 (sal))
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Vietnamese
Han character
蔡: Hán Nôm readings: Thái
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