材
cái HSK3

material

材 cái
aptitude idiom
natural talent or ability

教育应该因材施教。

jiào​yù yīng​gāi yīn cái shī​jiào.

Education should be tailored to the individual's aptitude.

coffin noun
a coffin (archaic usage)

那是预先准备好的寿材。

nà shì yù​xiān zhǔn​bèi hǎo de shòu cái.

That is a coffin prepared in advance.

material noun
raw materials or timber

这里的材都是从林场直接运来的。

zhè​lǐ de cái dōu shì cóng lín​chǎng zhí​jiē yùn​lái de.

The timber here is all transported directly from the forest farm.

talent noun
a person of specific ability or a capable individual

这个学生聪明好学，真是个可造之材。

zhè​ge xué​sheng cōng​ming hào​xué, zhēn shì gè kě​zào​zhī​cái.

This student is smart and eager to learn; he is truly a promising talent.

Frequency
Character
Written text
952nd most common 176.9 per million
Movie subtitles
1,322nd most common 57.3 per million appears in 25% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.35 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
32.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+6750

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)