Read Edit View history 财 cái HSK4 wealth Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 才 represents the sound. Simplified form of 財. Pinyin Separate values with commas cái × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 財 × 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 财 Simp strokes 财 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 财 Simp strokes 财 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 财 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 171, 688 ], [ 197, 658 ], [ 202, 637 ], [ 199, 418 ], [ 187, 308 ], [ 193, 250 ] ], [ [ 226, 674 ], [ 239, 667 ], [ 315, 682 ], [ 331, 691 ], [ 388, 698 ], [ 401, 696 ], [ 429, 664 ], [ 423, 592 ], [ 426, 335 ], [ 419, 273 ] ], [ [ 270, 589 ], [ 310, 565 ], [ 319, 545 ], [ 315, 366 ], [ 292, 229 ], [ 268, 167 ], [ 237, 122 ], [ 189, 79 ], [ 141, 50 ], [ 117, 43 ] ], [ [ 347, 230 ], [ 410, 180 ], [ 431, 138 ] ], [ [ 510, 512 ], [ 565, 506 ], [ 843, 573 ], [ 906, 569 ] ], [ [ 684, 801 ], [ 734, 760 ], [ 727, 572 ], [ 735, 112 ], [ 729, 79 ], [ 713, 48 ], [ 647, 72 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370 684 384 675 Q 394 650 400 580 Q 401 372 390 332 Z", "M 292 529 Q 304 261 235 153 Q 201 105 122 50 Q 112 46 109 41 Q 105 37 119 35 Q 158 35 238 96 Q 338 177 339 441 Q 339 510 352 558 Q 356 568 348 574 Q 332 587 300 599 Q 282 606 268 600 Q 252 593 265 579 Q 290 554 292 529 Z", "M 361 193 Q 383 168 406 137 Q 416 124 430 123 Q 439 122 445 133 Q 451 145 447 172 Q 446 191 419 208 Q 359 242 344 239 Q 340 236 339 225 Q 340 215 361 193 Z", "M 754 528 Q 802 540 898 555 Q 910 554 918 568 Q 919 581 894 590 Q 858 611 780 582 Q 767 579 755 574 L 703 559 Q 648 546 602 537 Q 560 531 515 522 Q 485 518 509 500 Q 546 476 574 483 Q 616 496 667 506 L 754 528 Z", "M 703 425 Q 703 302 703 125 Q 702 101 690 92 Q 681 86 618 99 Q 584 111 587 100 Q 588 93 609 78 Q 672 26 687 -2 Q 706 -36 721 -37 Q 737 -38 751 -2 Q 770 46 767 122 Q 752 326 754 528 L 755 574 Q 755 689 773 751 Q 789 782 732 805 Q 698 824 677 817 Q 658 810 675 786 Q 697 758 700 723 Q 701 705 703 559 L 703 425 Z", "M 667 506 Q 661 413 487 217 Q 469 199 495 207 Q 579 231 696 413 Q 697 420 703 425 C 773 530 673 558 667 506 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + 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.