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柴

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firewood

HSK 5

Nature →Plants

chái

サイ、シ

しば

시, 채

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 此 represents the sound.

Components

木 tree+ 此 this (literary) =

柴 firewood

木 Meaning component

mù tree

此 Phonetic component

cǐ this (literary)

this, these

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

柴

Regular

Modern

Chinese

柴 [Chái]

surname Chai

柴 [chái]

firewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)

Japanese

柴しば同音

noun brushwood; firewood

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

柴さい

Sai surname

柴さき

Saki surname

柴しのざき

Shinozaki surname

柴しば

Shiba place namesurname

柴しばさき

Shibasaki surname

柴しばざき

Shibazaki surname

柴まつり

Matsuri female given name

柴むらさき

Murasaki surname

CHINESE WORDS (70)

火柴 [huǒchái] #7,362

match (for lighting fire)

柴油 [cháiyóu] #18,652

柴火 [cháihuo] #19,148

柴油机 [cháiyóujī] #55,267

柴油机 [cháiyóujī] #55,267

骨瘦如柴 [gǔshòurúchái] #20,374

as thin as a match

木柴 [mùchái] #28,248

柴胡 [cháihú] #27,014

Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense)

柴可夫斯基 [Cháikěfūsījī] #34,244

Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer

柴米油盐 [cháimǐyóuyán] #30,389

lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt

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JAPANESE WORDS (14)

柴犬 [しばいぬ] #48,279

shiba inu (dog breed)

柴垣 [しばがき] #82,383

brushwood fence

枝折戸 [しおりど] #99,632

garden gate made of branches and twigs

柴刈り [しばかり] #115,655

firewood gathering

しば漬け [しばづけ] #158,464

Kyoto-style chopped vegetables pickled in salt with red shiso leaves

鹿砦 [ろくさい] #160,245

西貢 [サイゴン] #195,181

柴扉 [さいひ] #223,657

柴薪 [さいしん] #232,160

brushwood and firewood

柴胡 [さいこ] #298,169

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