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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
cái - material
- timber
- ability
- aptitude
- a capable individual
- coffin (old)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 13,175 3,696 3,803

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Wood

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
材料 4 4 3,042 1,099 2,915
身材 5 4 3,050 3,585 2,064
棺材 - 7 3,992 16,382 12,840
器材 6 8 10,545 8,548 14,121
题材 6 5 11,641 4,948 7,367
素材 - 8 11,875 12,341 7,866
木材 - 8 12,073 8,695 26,583
- - 13,175 3,696 3,803
蠢材 - - 16,072 78,517 52,677
材质 - - 18,826 - -
高材生 - - 24,584 43,769 27,835
教材 5 3 27,983 4,325 10,707
建材 - - 28,959 5,923 15,895
原材料 - 9 32,057 6,076 20,234
取材 - - 33,350 19,389 30,926
反面教材 - - 34,831 - -
钢材 - - 38,375 8,142 22,302
成材 - - 45,229 39,806 43,277
药材 - 9 46,126 11,757 26,739
就地取材 - - 53,147 45,328 60,033
耗材 - - 59,522 - -
人材 - - 68,341 33,024 57,521
复合材料 - - 91,205 - -
良材 - - 95,642 - -