才

See also: オ

Translingual

Han character

才 (radical 64 手+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 木竹 (DH), four-corner 4020₀)

1. talent, ability
2. just, only, merely

References

• KangXi: page 416, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11769
• Dae Jaweon: page 763, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1824, character 2
• Unihan data for U+624D

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		才

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cái (cai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): tshôi
• Min Nan (POJ): châi / chiah / chhâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: cái
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ts'ai²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsair
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi⁴
    • Yale: chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tshôi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: coi2
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi / chiah / chhâi
    • Tâi-lô: tsâi / tsiah / tshâi
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡saɪ²³/, /t͡ɕiaʔ³²/, /t͡sʰaɪ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡saɪ¹³/, /t͡ɕiaʔ³²/, /t͡sʰaɪ¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (才, reconstructed)
Character (才), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 從 (15) Final: 咍 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 昨哉切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/d͡zʌi/	/d͡zʱɑ̆i/	/d͡zᴀi/	/d͡zəi/	/d͡zəj/	/d͡zɒi/	/d͡zɒi/

Old Chinese pronunciation (才, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
才								cái								‹ dzoj ›								/*[dz]ˤə/								talent, ability
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
才					1061					才					之					0					裁					/*zlɯː/

Compounds

• 才德兼备
• 才调
• 才分
• 才赋
• 才干
• 才刚
• 才高八斗
• 才华
• 才具
• 才俊
• 才力
• 才路
• 才略
• 才貌
• 才名
• 才能
• 才女
• 才气
• 才器
• 才情
• 才人
• 才识
• 才士
• 才疏学浅
• 才思
• 才望
• 才绪
• 才学
• 才艺
• 才藻
• 才智
• 才子

References

• (Hakka) Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• (Hakka) Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.
• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

才

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: ざい (zai) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: さい (sai)
• Kun: わずかに (wazukani), ざえ (zae)

Compounds

• 才覚
• 才気
• 才能
• 漫才 (まんざい, manzai, “a style of double act stand-up comedy”)

Noun

才 (hiragana さい, romaji sai)

1. ability, talent, aptitude

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Korean

Hanja

才 (jae)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 재 (revised: jae, McCune-Reischauer: chae, Yale: cay)

• Name (hangeul): 재주()

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Vietnamese

Han character

才 (tài)

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