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Originally a pictograph of a wooden post, similar to 弋. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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Historical Evolution
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Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
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Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
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(~1250-1000 BC)
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(~1250-1000 BC)
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Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
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Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
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Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Early Warring States (~400 BC)
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Early Warring States (~400 BC)
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Late Warring States (~250 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
才 [cái]
ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; only; only then; just now
Japanese
... years old; age (of) ...
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
才 あるす
Arusu female given name
才 かしこ
Kashiko surname
才 さい
Sai female given namesurname
才 さいさき
Saisaki surname
才 みつ
Mitsu given name
CHINESE WORDS (146)
刚才 [gāngcái] #538
(just) a moment ago
刚才 [gāngcái] #538
just now
才能 [cáinéng] #5,796
talent
人才 [réncái] #4,406
talent
天才 [tiāncái] #2,329
talent
才华 [cáihuá] #4,126
talent
才华 [cáihuá] #4,126
talent
方才 [fāngcái] #38,186
just now
奇才 [qícái] #20,031
genius
才华横溢 [cáihuáhéngyì] #10,206
brimming over with talent (esp. literary)
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JAPANESE WORDS (146)
⭐ 歳 [さい] #419
... years old
⭐ ２０歳 [はたち] #1,744
20 years old
⭐ 才能 [さいのう] #1,896
talent
⭐ 天才 [てんさい] #3,239
genius
十才 [じゅっさい] #9,216
age 10
⭐ 何歳 [なんさい] #14,458
how old
一才 [いっさい] #17,046
one-year-old
才覚 [さいかく] #18,845
ready wit
天才的 [てんさいてき] #19,075
talented
⭐ 漫才 [まんざい] #21,106
manzai
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