cài
surname
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 蔡
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
surname Cai | ||
Jolin Tsai (1980-), Taiwanese singer | ||
Tsai Ing-wen (1956-), Taiwanese DPP politician, president of the Republic of China from 2016 | ||
Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), liberal educationalist, studied in Germany, president of Peking University 1917-19, minister of education for Guomindang | ||
Cai E (1882-1916), originator of the National protection army of 1915 |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*s.r̥̥ˤat-s | tshajH | cài | (name of a state) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 0.4325% of movies
3203rd most common character in movies
2226th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Unicode | U+8521 |
Shuowen | “蔡，艸也。从艸，祭聲。” |
Sources
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