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 Dictionary: 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／形声, 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, Sichuanese Pinyin): cai²
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): cài
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): châi / chhâi

(Teochew, Peng'im): cai⁵

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/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai⁵³/
Southern Min
- (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/

Middle Chinese: dzoj

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

material; stuff
timber
Alternative form of 才 (cái, “talent; ability”)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

材

(Fourth grade 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)

Korean

Hanja

材 (eumhun 재목 재 (jaemok jae))

hanja form^? of 재 (“material; talent”)

Vietnamese

Han character

材: Hán Nôm readings: tài

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