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Cài

Meanings

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Cài
  1. 1.surname Cai

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.weed
  2. 2.tortoise used for divination
  3. 3.(historical) Cai (an ancient Chinese state)
  4. 4.a surname

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sʰlaːds): semantic 艸 (“vegetation”) + phonetic 祭 (OC *ʔsreːds, *ʔsleds).

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Stroke order

Components

蔡卄祭

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Derived terms

新蔡管蔡蓍蔡蔡中郎蔡侯紙蔡侯纸蔡叔蔡司蔡家營蔡家营蔡李佛蔡河蔡澤看相蔡泽看相蔡濠蔡甸蔡邕倒屣蔡順分椹蔡顺分椹陳蔡之厄陈蔡之厄饒蔡饶蔡

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Related words

蔡伦 Cai Lun (-121), the inventor of the papermaking process新蔡 see 新蔡县[Xīn cài Xiàn]上蔡 see 上蔡县[Shàng cài Xiàn]蔡襄 Cai Xiang (1012-1067), Song calligrapher蔡甸 see 蔡甸区[Cài diàn Qū]蔡锷 Cai E (1882–1916), military leader who was a key figure in the establishment the National Protection Army 护国军[Hù guó jūn], which in 1916 fought the forces of Yuan Shikai 袁世凯[Yuán Shì kǎi], who had tried to reestablish the monarchy with himself as emperor上蔡县 Shangcai, a county in Zhumadian City 驻马店市[Zhù mǎ diàn Shì], Henan蔡志忠 Tsai Chih Chung (1948-), famous Taiwanese cartoonist specializing in retelling the Chinese classics蔡元培 Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), educationist and politician, president of Peking University 1917-27痞子蔡 Rowdy Cai (1969-), Taiwanese Internet writer蔡英文 Tsai Ing-wen (1956–), Taiwanese DPP politician, president of the Republic of China 2016–2024蔡李佛 Choy Li Fut (Chinese martial art)