裁 (cái) — Chinese Character

裁

cái

to cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim; to reduce; to diminish; to cut back (e.g. on staff); decision; judgment

Radical: 衣 HSK 7 v ideographic

Components & Etymology

裁 decomposes into the following components:

十戈衣

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 裁.

主裁

zhǔ cái

仲裁

zhòng cái

arbitration

体裁

tǐ cái

genre

制裁

zhì cái

to punish

剪裁

jiǎn cái

to tailor (clothes)

总裁

zǒng cái

chairman

独裁

dú cái

dictatorship

自裁

zì cái

裁人

cái rén

裁兵

cái bīng

to reduce troop numbers

裁军

cái jūn

disarmament

裁决

cái jué

ruling

Characters that share the radical 衣.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.