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| 蔡 | |
coi3 saat3
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[1] a Chinese family name [2] a species of large tortoise or turtle, whose shell was used in divination [3] name of an ancient state in the Spring and Autumn period Stroke count: 15
Level: 3
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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| This character was added by Steph_fr on 11th Jun 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 | |
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新蔡
san1 coi3 = Xincai (place in Henan)
上蔡
soeng6 coi3 = Shangcai (place in Henan)
蔡李佛拳
coi3 lei5 fat6 kyun4 = Choy Lay Fut Kung Fu , a traditional southern Kung Fu style
蔡卓妍
coi3 coek3 jin4 = Charlene Choi
蔡健雅
coi3 gin6 ngaa5 = Tanya Chua
蔡一傑
coi3 jat1 git6 = Remus Choy
蔡一智
coi3 jat1 zi3 = Calvin Choy
蔡依林
coi3 ji1 lam4 = Jolin Tsai
蔡昇晏
coi3 sing1 aan3 = Matthew Tsai
蔡少芬
coi3 siu2 fan1 = Ada ChoiSee all 12 compounds |
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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/7612/]蔡[/url][/big]
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<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/7612/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">蔡</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 蔡
Unicode code for this character: U+8521 (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/7612/]蔡[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/7612/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">蔡</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 蔡
Unicode code for this character: U+8521 (off-site link)
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- the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
- our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
- a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
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