柴 (chái) — firewood; (noun) a surname
Definition
柴 (chái) is firewood — wood cut and stacked for burning. At HSK 7 the same character also means thin/emaciated (a person or animal); context disambiguates.
noun
firewooda surname
Measure word · 块
Examples
- ，柴。Dōng tiān dào le, wǒ men duō zhǔn bèi yì xiē chái.Winter is coming, let's prepare more firewood.
- 柴。Tā yòng chái shēng huǒ zuò fàn.He uses firewood to start a fire and cook.
- 。Shān shàng yǒu hěn duō gān chái kě yǐ jiǎn.There is a lot of dry firewood on the mountain that can be gathered.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
In 柴, the lower part 木 shows it is about wood, while the upper part 此 supplies the sound.
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