财
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money; wealth; riches; property; valuables
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Dict coverage rank #745 U+8D22
How 财 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
贝 (semantic, “money”) + 才 (phonetic, cái)
How to remember it
riches · Heisig RSH #621
clam + genie
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 才
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 才 (cái) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 才 sound component | cái | ability, talent, gift; just, only |
| 在 | zài | at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense |
| 存 | cún | to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit |
| 材 | cái | timber; material, stuff; talent |
| 豺 | chái | wolf; cruel, mean, wicked |
Words containing 财
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上海财经大学 | Shàng hǎi Cái jīng Dà xué | Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE) |
| 生财有道 | shēng cái yǒu dào | lit. there are principles behind making money (idiom); fig. to have a knack for good busin… |
| 不义之财 | bù yì zhī cái | ill-gotten wealth or gains |
| 和气生财 | hé qì shēng cái | (idiom) amiability makes you rich |
| 发国难财 | fā guó nàn cái | to profiteer in a time of national calamity |
| 小发财 | xiǎo fā cái | (coll.) (Tw) mini truck; Kei truck |
| 人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥 | rén wú hèng cái bù fù , mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi | (saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc)… |
| 理财学 | lǐ cái xué | financial management (as a field of study) |
| 酒色财气 | jiǔ sè cái qì | wine, sex, avarice and temper (idiom); four cardinal vices |
| 发财车 | fā cái chē | (Tw) mini truck; Kei truck |
| 公司理财 | gōng sī lǐ cái | company finance; corporate finance |
| 人财两空 | rén cái liǎng kōng | (idiom) to suffer the departure of sb (talented staff or one's spouse etc) and a financial… |
| 信报财经新闻 | xìn bào cái jīng xīn wén | Hong Kong Economic Journal |
| 见财起意 | jiàn cái qǐ yì | seeing riches provokes evil designs |
| 人财两得 | rén cái liǎng dé | to succeed in both love and business |
| 财政年度 | cái zhèng nián dù | fiscal year |
| 人为财死，鸟为食亡 | rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng | lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom); fig. man will … |
| 财政部长 | cái zhèng bù zhǎng | minister of finance |
| 土财主 | tǔ cái zhǔ | local wealthy landlord; country money-bags; rich provincial |
| 财产公证 | cái chǎn gōng zhèng | property notarization |