cái

wealth

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
贝 meaning component

  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

In ancient China, shells were used as currency.

才 sound component

  Sound component

cái

  

talent

Evolution

财 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
财 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
财 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
财 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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cái

wealth, valuables, riches; money; wealth; riches; property; valuables

Most common words with 财
Freq.
Word
Meaning

财产

property

财富

wealth

财务

financial affairs

财政

financial

money

Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 26.0612% of movies

1200th most common character in movies

680th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

Unicode

U+8D22


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