| 材 | 109B05 10B.00-1 | 部居  | 畫數 7 | ㄘㄞˊ [cai2] | ||
| N. | (1) Timber: 木材 ditto; hence symbolic of good or bad timber, useful or useless talent; 成材，不成材 (person) useful, useless in society. (2) Material: 材料 [cai2liao4]↓; 教材 teaching material. (3) Interch. 才 talent: 才能，才^器 10.00; 人材=人才. (4) Natural bent: 因材施教 educate a person according to his natural ability. (5) Short for 棺材 coffin. | |||||
| Words | 1. 材器 [cai2qi4], n., person's usefulness, practical ability (also wr. 才). 2. 材幹 [cai2gan4], n., practical or administrative ability. 3. 材料 [cai2liao4] ([cai2liao0]), n., material (of cloth, construction, for writing, research). 4. 材木 [cai2mu4], n., timber. 5. 材能 [cai2neng2], n., natural ability (also wr. 才能). 6. 材人 [cai2ren2], n., able man (=才士). 7. 材士 [cai2shi4], n., able scholars (=才士). | |||||