才 (cái) — Chinese Character

才

cái

ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only

Radical: 扌 HSK 2 d, c, n ideographic

Components & Etymology

才 decomposes into the following components:

扌

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 才.

不才

bù cái

人才

rén cái

偏才

piān cái

全才

quán cái

刚才

gāng cái

却才

què cái

口才

kǒu cái

多才

duō cái

天才

tiān cái

奇才

qí cái

奴才

nú cai

将才

jiàng cái

Characters that share the radical 扌.

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