Read Edit View history Discussion 財 cái wealth Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 才 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas cái × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 财 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint In ancient China, shells were used as currency. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 財 Simp strokes 財 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 財 Simp strokes 財 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 財 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 164, 709 ], [ 190, 684 ], [ 196, 666 ], [ 198, 448 ], [ 190, 341 ], [ 196, 285 ] ], [ [ 218, 695 ], [ 237, 690 ], [ 363, 729 ], [ 392, 720 ], [ 412, 700 ], [ 412, 383 ], [ 403, 339 ], [ 408, 282 ] ], [ [ 226, 554 ], [ 252, 572 ], [ 301, 582 ], [ 332, 579 ] ], [ [ 223, 448 ], [ 236, 459 ], [ 275, 469 ], [ 310, 472 ], [ 332, 467 ] ], [ [ 221, 317 ], [ 235, 330 ], [ 344, 349 ], [ 366, 360 ] ], [ [ 283, 240 ], [ 251, 231 ], [ 187, 143 ], [ 128, 89 ], [ 90, 66 ] ], [ [ 347, 238 ], [ 406, 187 ], [ 427, 146 ] ], [ [ 486, 503 ], [ 538, 497 ], [ 871, 574 ], [ 935, 571 ] ], 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C 194 453 190 441 220 441 Z", "M 217 312 Q 224 311 236 313 Q 276 322 361 329 C 391 331 396 347 372 364 Q 371 365 368 367 Q 352 374 324 367 Q 266 352 220 344 C 190 339 187 314 217 312 Z", "M 221 253 Q 215 192 80 68 Q 61 53 86 57 Q 146 61 240 167 Q 246 174 290 224 Q 299 234 297 244 Q 293 256 268 262 Q 241 271 230 267 Q 223 266 221 253 Z", "M 360 201 Q 381 176 402 146 Q 412 133 426 131 Q 435 130 441 141 Q 448 153 444 180 Q 441 205 363 243 Q 350 247 344 247 Q 340 244 339 233 Q 340 223 360 201 Z", "M 789 532 Q 804 538 927 557 Q 937 556 946 570 Q 947 580 923 591 Q 893 613 796 578 Q 793 578 791 577 L 739 562 Q 676 546 491 513 Q 463 509 485 492 Q 522 468 547 475 Q 631 497 739 521 L 789 532 Z", "M 736 365 Q 735 262 734 128 Q 734 103 720 94 Q 713 87 691 91 Q 666 94 642 96 Q 608 106 611 96 Q 612 89 635 75 Q 701 27 718 0 Q 737 -33 754 -33 Q 769 -34 783 2 Q 799 50 797 125 Q 787 273 787 422 L 788 486 Q 788 510 789 532 L 791 577 Q 791 692 812 767 Q 830 798 772 821 Q 738 840 717 834 Q 698 827 715 803 Q 737 775 739 739 Q 740 720 739 562 L 739 521 Q 738 502 738 478 L 736 365 Z", "M 738 478 Q 702 369 473 196 Q 452 181 479 185 Q 570 189 736 365 L 787 422 Q 817 453 817 465 Q 814 478 789 486 L 788 486 C 760 496 747 501 738 478 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.