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).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t)saːy ⪤ *(d)zaːy (“temperament; talent; resources”) (STEDT). See 才 for more.

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

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• 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–Hong Kong)⁺
    • 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/

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• 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
Baxter	dzoj
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

1. material; stuff
2. timber
3. 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) 

1. wood
2. raw material
3. talent, genius

Korean

Hanja

材 (eumhun 재목 재 (jaemok jae))

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

Vietnamese

Han character

材: Hán Nôm readings: tài

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