財

cái = c + ai2

money / wealth / riches / property / valuables

财 = 才 + 贝 : The King of Chu found a big money bag in the airplane's kitchen, but he knows that there is no free lunch. Carefully, he scans the content of the bag with his X-ray power vision, and inside the bag, he finds a crab waiting to strike on its prey.

財 character breakdown

財
- 才
  - 一
  - 丿
  - 亅
- 貝
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 目
    - 二
      - 一
    - 囗

才

cái = c + ai2

ability / talent / sb of a certain type / a capable individual / then and only then / just now / (before an expression of quantity) only

才 = 一 + 亅 + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: from "ability / talent", the special ability of X-ray vision.

The King of Chu (c) has been bitten by a X-ray tube and has gained the special ability (才) of X-ray vision. In the airplane's kitchen (ai2), he holds a banana (丿) in each hand; through his x-ray vision ability, he is able to see that in one of them there's a crowbar (亅) hidden, in the other one a flute (一).

才

纔

cái = c + ai2

(variant of 才[cai2]) just now / (before an expression of quantity) only

贝

貝

bèi = b + ei4

cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)

贝 = ⺆ + 人 : Mnemonic symbol: a crab. In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), the Neanderthal man (人) and Beelzebub (b) are fighting a crab with staplers (⺆), but because the Neanderthal man (人) can't handle the stapler he accidentally staples himself in the forehead.

Characters with 財 as component

財 is not used as a component in another character.

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財 character breakdown

Characters with 財 as component

Words with 財

Sentences with 財