Memory phrase for the character: 材


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Meaning material, timber, ability

Pronunciation

cái

Explanation

Left: tree , right: talent, skills (If the big man balances on one foot, he is talented.)

Mnemonic


 
Use a tree and your talent to make: timber. (Or: Wood with 'talent', [= good properties] is used as construction timber.)

Radicals

tree
talentWhen the big person balances on one foot, he is talented. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting , sitting cross-legged , lying , kneeling , skilled, bending ,, slumped or husband )
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 Vocabulary

教材 jiào cái  teaching material
原材料 yuán cái liào  raw materials; unprocessed materials
题材 tí cái  subject matter
材料 cái liào  material; data; makings; stuff
木材 mù cái  wood
钢材 gāng cái  steel (as raw material); steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc
棺材 guān cái  coffin
棺材 guān cái  

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