才

See also: 扌, オ, and 孑
才 U+624D, 才
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-624D
← 扌
[U+624C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 扎 →
[U+624E]

Translingual
Stroke order

Han character

才 (radical 64, 手+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 木竹 (DH), four-corner 40200, composition ⿹𬺰丿(GHTV) or ⿻𬺰丿(JK))

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

Chinese

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 才
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
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

Pictogram (象形) – sprouting of seeds.

Etymology 1
simp. and trad.
 才

Derivatives: 材 (OC *zlɯː, “material; timber”), 財 (OC *zlɯː, “riches; property; money”).

Pronunciation
Note:
  • cài - vernacular;
  • chài - literary (奴才);
  • còi - vernacular (秀才).
Note:
  • châi - vernacular;
  • chhâi - literary (classifier).
Note: zai5 - used in 秀才.
Rime
Character 才
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 昨哉切
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 才
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 cái
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dzoj ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[dz]ˁə/
English 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 才
Reading # 1/2
No. 1061
Phonetic
component		 才
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 裁
Old
Chinese		 /*zlɯː/

Definitions

才

  1. ability; gift; talent; capability
  2. talented person; talent
  3. one with a certain status or background
  4. (Min Nan) Alternative form of 材 (“classifier for volume (of wood) and area (of paper, glass, stone, curtain, etc.)”).
  5. A surname​.

Compounds
Derived terms from 才

Etymology 2
trad. 才/纔*
simp. 才

Pronunciation
Note:
  • chăi - vernacular;
  • chài - literary.
Rime
Character 才 才
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 從 (15) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 咍 (41) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 昨哉切 昨代切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /d͡zʌi/ /d͡zʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /d͡zəi/ /d͡zəiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /d͡zɒi/ /d͡zɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /d͡zəj/ /d͡zəjH/
Li
Rong		 /d͡zᴀi/ /d͡zᴀiH/
Wang
Li		 /d͡zɒi/ /d͡zɒiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /d͡zʱɑ̆i/ /d͡zʱɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 cái zài
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 才 才
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 1061 1220
Phonetic
component		 才 才
Rime
group		 之 之
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 裁 載
Old
Chinese		 /*zlɯː/ /*zlɯːs/

Definitions

才

  1. only; just; merely
    1. Used in the 才……就…… structure; only; just
  2. only a short while ago; just
  3. only after; only then; not ... until
  4. Used to emphasize that something is/is not.

Compounds
Derived terms from 才

Etymology 3
simp. and trad.
 才
variant forms 乍 Min Dong
則／则
即

Possibly from 正 (“just”) (Taiwan MoE).

Pronunciation

Definitions

才

(Min)
  1. only; merely
  2. just; just now; a moment ago
  3. only then; only after
  4. Used to emphasize that something is/is not.

Synonyms
  • (just now):
Synonyms of 才

Compounds
Derived terms from 才

Further reading

Etymology 4
For pronunciation and definitions of 才 – see 哉.
(This character, 才, is a variant form of 哉.)

Japanese

Kanji
才

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. age
  2. years old

Readings
  • Go-on: ざい (zai)
  • Kan-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
  • Kun: わずかに (wazukani); ざえ (zae, 才); かど (kado, 才)

Compounds

Noun

才 (hiragana さい, rōmaji sai)

  1. ability, talent, aptitude
  2. simplified form of 歳
  3. alternative form of the volumetric unit 抄 (しょう) (shō)

Korean

Hanja

才 (eumhun 재주 재 (jaeju jae))

  1. Hanja form? of 재 (“talent”).

Vietnamese

Han character

才 (tài)

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