cái
cut out
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
cái
cut out; decrease; to cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim; to reduce; to diminish; to cut back (e.g. on staff); decision; judgment
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[dz]ˤə | dzoj | cái | cut out clothes |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 16.3864% of movies
1510th most common character in movies
1203rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+88C1 |
Shuowen | “裁，制衣也。从衣，聲。” |
Sources
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