蔡 (coi3 | cai4) : (surname)

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蔡

coi3

cai4

[1] a Chinese surname
[2] big tortoise/turtle whose shell was used in divination
[3] name of a dukedom of the Zhou dynasty

Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

蔡

This word has been viewed 7101 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 11th Jun 2007 17:08 and last edited on 21st Dec 2013 13:02

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新蔡 san1 coi3 xin1 cai4 = Xincai (place in Henan)

上蔡 soeng6 coi3 shang4 cai4 = Shangcai (place in Henan)

蔡李佛拳 coi3 lei5 fat6 kyun4 cai4 li3 fo2 quan2 = Choy Lay Fut Kung Fu , a traditional southern Kung Fu style

蔡瀾 coi3 laan4 cai4 lan2 = Chua Lam, Tsai Lan

蔡卓妍 coi3 coek3 jin4 cai4 zhuo1 yan2 = Charlene Choi

蔡健雅 coi3 gin6 ngaa5 cai4 jian4 ya3 = Tanya Chua

蔡一傑 coi3 jat1 git6 cai4 yi1 jie2 = Remus Choy

蔡一智 coi3 jat1 zi3 cai4 yi1 zhi4 = Calvin Choy

蔡依林 coi3 ji1 lam4 cai4 yi1 lin2 = Jolin Tsai

蔡昇晏 coi3 sing1 aan3 cai4 sheng1 yang4 = Matthew Tsai
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Decimal representation of this word: 蔡
Unicode code for this character: U+8521 (off-site link)

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