才 — Chinese character
才
cái
ability, talent, gift; just, only
- Pinyin
- cái
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 3
- Components
- 扌
- Formation
- ideographic — A sprout growing in the ground, representing a budding talent
- Traditional
- 纔
- Japanese
- 才 as a kanji
Common words with 才
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 才能 | cái néng | talent; ability |
| 人才 | rén cái | talent; talented person |
| 刚才 (剛才) | gāng cái | just now; a moment ago |
| 刚才 (剛纔) | gāng cái | just now (variant of 刚才 (gāng cái)) |
| 天才 | tiān cái | talent; gift |
| 才华 (才華) | cái huá | talent; measure word: 份 (fèn) |
| 奴才 | nú cai | slave; fig. flunkey |
| 秀才 | xiù cai | a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar |
| 才艺 (才藝) | cái yì | talent |
| 才干 (才幹) | cái gàn | ability; competence |
| 方才 | fāng cái | just now; then |
| 奇才 | qí cái | genius |
English words written with 才
才 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 7 · Mencius 12 · Zhuangzi 19
- Analects 8.11
- Analects 8.20
- Analects 9.10
- Analects 11.7
- Analects 13.2
- Mencius 1B.7
- Mencius 4B.7
- Mencius 6A.6
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