材 (cái)

material; timber; ability; aptitude

How 材 is written

Strokes
7
Radical
木 — tree
Traditional
材
Simplified
材 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 材

材料 cáiliào
material; data; makings
身材 shēncái
stature; build (height and weight); figure
器材 qìcái
equipment; material
建材 jiàncái
building materials
教材 jiàocái
teaching material; CL:本[ben3]
材質 cáizhì
texture of timber; quality of material; material (that sth is made of)
棺材 guāncái
coffin; CL:具[ju4],口[kou3]
素材 sùcái
source material (in literature and art)
題材 tícái
subject matter
高材生 gāocáishēng
student of great ability
主材 zhǔcái
principal or main material (engineering)
人材 réncái
a person's talent; talented person; distinguished person

材 in a sentence

這些做蛋糕的材料要去哪裡買?

Zhèxiē zuò dàngāo de cáiliào yào qù nǎlǐ mǎi?

“Where can I buy these cake ingredients?”

How common is 材?

材 is the 950th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 88.3% of all running text.

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