Keyword
firewood
- faggots
- fuel
- surname
- Frequency
- #2051
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
chái
Mnemonic
木 (wood) gives the meaning and 此 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
柴油机
diesel engine
柴油
diesel fuel
柴
firewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)
火柴
match (for lighting fire)
柴火
plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc)
废柴
(Cantonese) (coll.) good-for-nothing; loser
柴可夫斯基
Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer
木柴
firewood
骨瘦如柴
(idiom) as thin as a match; emaciated
柴胡
Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense); root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM)
柴达木
Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
柴油发动机
diesel engine
干柴烈火
(idiom) explosive mutual passion; blaze of passion (esp. between lovers)
柴犬
shiba inu (Japanese dog breed)
柴门
lit. woodcutter's family; humble background; poor family background
劈柴
to chop firewood; to split logs
柴草
firewood
柴达木盆地
Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
柴房
woodshed
柴科夫斯基
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky (1840-1893), Russian composer, composer of 6 symphonies and the opera Eugene Onegin
布拉柴维尔
Brazzaville, capital of Congo
柴米油盐
(lit.) firewood, rice, oil and salt (idiom); (fig.) life's daily necessities
打柴
to chop firewood; to gather firewood
柴薪
firewood