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cái

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cái
  1. 1.material
  2. 2.timber
  3. 3.ability
  4. 4.aptitude
  5. 5.a capable individual
  6. 6.coffin (old)

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.material; stuff
  2. 2.timber

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *zlɯː): semantic 木 + phonetic 才 (OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t)saːy ⪤ *(d)zaːy (“temperament; talent; resources”) (STEDT). Related to 才 (OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs).

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Components

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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