# 材

| 材 | U+6750, &#26448; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6750 |
| ← 杏 [U+674F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 村 → [U+6751] |

## Translingual
### Han character

材 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木木竹 (DDH), four-corner 4490$_0$, composition ⿰木才)

#### Derived characters

* 𩭘

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 511, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14463
* Dae Jaweon: page 896, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1158, character 1
* Unihan data for U+6750

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 茬 | *zraː, *zraːʔ, *ʔsrɯ, *zrɯ |
| 材 | *zlɯː |
| 才 | *zlɯː, *zlɯːs |
| 財 | *zlɯː |
| 鼒 | *zlɯː, *ʔslɯ |
| 在 | *zlɯːʔ, *zlɯːs |
| 豺 | *zrɯː |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zlɯː): semantic 木 + phonetic 才 (OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs).

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t)saːy ⪤ *(d)zaːy (“temperament; talent; resources”) (STEDT). Related to 才 (OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): cái (cai$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cai$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): coi$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cài
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): châi / chhâi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cai$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cái
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cái
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻai$^2$
*** Yale: tsái
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsair
*** Palladius: цай (caj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: cai$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cai
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰai²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: coi$^4$
*** Yale: chòih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: coi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cài
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sai⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi
*** Tâi-lô: tsâi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zaai
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /t͡sai²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai¹³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâi
*** Tâi-lô: tshâi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhaai
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai²³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cai$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshâi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰai⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: dzoj
Rime :
| Character | 材 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 咍 (41) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 昨哉切 |
| Baxter | dzoj |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡zʌi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zəi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zɒi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zəj/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡zᴀi/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zɒi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡zʱɑ̆i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | cái |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | coi$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤə/
    (Zhengzhang): /*zlɯː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 材 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | cái |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzoj › |
| Old Chinese | /*[dz]ˁə/ |
| English | timber |
| 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 | 材 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1060 |
| Phonetic component | 才 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 裁 |
| Old Chinese | /*zlɯː/ |

### Definitions

材
* material; stuff
* timber
* Alternative form of 才 (cái, “talent; ability”)

### Compounds

* 不出材
* 不成材 (bùchéngcái)
* 不材
* 五材 (wǔcái)
* 五短身材
* 伴材
* 俊材
* 八材
* 凡材
* 出材
* 別材 / 别材
* 印材
* 取材 (qǔcái)
* 可造之材 (kězàozhīcái)
* 吸聲材料 / 吸声材料
* 器材 (qìcái)
* 因材施教 (yīncáishījiào)
* 壽材 / 寿材 (shòucái)
* 多材多藝 / 多材多艺
* 大材小用 (dàcái-xiǎoyòng)
* 奴材 (núcái)
* 媒材
* 宏材大略
* 小材大用
* 就地取材 (jiùdìqǔcái)
* 庸材
* 廊廟材 / 廊庙材
* 建材 (jiàncái)
* 建築材料 / 建筑材料 (jiànzhù cáiliào)
* 心材 (xīncái)
* 懷材抱德 / 怀材抱德
* 成材 (chéngcái)
* 成材林 (chéngcáilín)
* 掄材 / 抡材
* 擲地之材 / 掷地之材
* 教材 (jiàocái)
* 斗筲之材
* 早材
* 木材 (mùcái)
* 木材工業 / 木材工业
* 材人
* 材伎
* 材兒 / 材儿
* 材器
* 材堪盤錯 / 材堪盘错
* 材大難用 / 材大难用
* 材官 (cáiguān)
* 材幹 / 材干 (cáigān)
* 材料 (cáiliào)
* 材智高奇
* 材木 (cáimù)
* 材武
* 材疏志大
* 材積 / 材积 (cáijī)
* 材能兼備 / 材能兼备
* 材藝 / 材艺
* 材質 / 材质 (cáizhì)
* 材輕德薄 / 材轻德薄
* 材高知深
* 松材線蟲 / 松材线虫 (sōngcáixiànchóng)
* 梓材
* 棺材
* 棺材座子
* 棺材本
* 棺材板
* 棺材楦子
* 棺材瓤子
* 棟梁之材
* 楚材晉用 / 楚材晋用
* 樗朽之材
* 樗材
* 樗櫟庸材 / 樗栎庸材
* 沒底棺材 / 没底棺材
* 活教材 (huójiàocái)
* 液材
* 濾材 / 滤材
* 焊接材料
* 熟料材兒 / 熟料材儿
* 狗材
* 真材實料 / 真材实料 (zhēncáishíliào)
* 石化材料
* 石材 (shícái)
* 竹材 (zhúcái)
* 箔材
* 素材 (sùcái)
* 綿力薄材 / 绵力薄材
* 線材 / 线材
* 翹材 / 翘材
* 老棺材
* 耐火材料
* 至材
* 良材
* 花材
* 菲材
* 藥材 / 药材 (yàocái)
* 蠢材 (chǔncái)
* 衒材揚己 / 衒材扬己
* 製材 / 制材
* 複合材料 / 复合材料 (fùhé cáiliào)
* 譾薄之材 / 谫薄之材
* 身材 (shēncái)
* 軟材 / 软材
* 軼材 / 轶材 (yìcái)
* 逸材 (yìcái)
* 進棺材 / 进棺材 (jìn guāncái)
* 運動器材 / 运动器材
* 適材適用 / 适材适用
* 選材 / 选材 (xuǎncái)
* 酒材
* 量材錄用 / 量材录用
* 金屬材料 / 金属材料
* 鋼材 / 钢材 (gāngcái)
* 長材 / 长材
* 防水材料
* 防火建材
* 陶瓷材料
* 集材
* 雄材偉略 / 雄材伟略
* 題材 / 题材 (tícái)
* 骨材
* 高材生 (gāocáishēng)
* 高材疾足
* 魔鬼身材 (móguǐ shēncái)
* 鳩工庀材 / 鸠工庀材

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ざい (zai, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: さい (sai)
* Kun: まるた (maruta, 材)

#### Compounds

* 教(きょう)材(ざい) (kyōzai, “teaching materials”)
* 石(セキ)材(ザイ) (sekizai, “stone used as building material”)

### Pronunciation

* Kanji in this term
* 材
* ざい Grade: 4
* goon
* (Tokyo) ざい [záꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [d͡za̠i]

### Noun

材(ざい) • (zai)
* wood
* raw material
* talent, genius

## Korean
### Hanja

材 (eumhun 재목 재 (jaemok jae))
* hanja form of 재 (“material; talent”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

材: Hán Nôm readings: tài
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