Chinese symbol for “firewood”
柴
chái
firewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for firewood is 柴 (chái), defined as: firewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “firewood”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 樵 | qiáo | firewood; gather wood |
| 木柴 | mù chái | firewood |
| 柴草 | chái cǎo | firewood |
| 柴薪 | chái xīn | firewood |
| 薪 | xīn | (literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 柴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 柴油机 (柴油機) | chái yóu jī | diesel engine |
| 柴油 | chái yóu | diesel fuel |
| 火柴 | huǒ chái | match (for lighting fire); measure word: 根 (gēn), 盒 (hé) |
| 柴火 | chái huo | plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) |
| 废柴 (廢柴) | fèi chái | (Cantonese) (coll.) good-for-nothing; loser |
| 木柴 | mù chái | firewood |
See also: Japanese symbol for “firewood”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.