| Chinese Text Project |
| 財 U+8CA1 |  Seal script | 㒲 Semantic variant Semantic variant | 才 Specialized semantic variant | 财 Simplified character |
| Radical: | 貝+ 3 strokes = 10 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.99#48 Kangxi: p.1204#11 Cihai: p.1269r5c02 GSR: 943.h Hanyu: v6,p3624#07 |
| Composition: | Left: 貝, right: 才. Component of: 𣺠 𫞭 𨃁 |
| Mandarin: | cái ㄘㄞˊ |
| Cantonese: | coi4 |
| Tang reconstruction: | dzhəi |
| Shuowen: | 《貝部》財：人所寶也。从貝才聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上平聲·咍·裁》財：貨也，賄也。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·貝部·三》財：〔古文〕㒲《唐韻》昨哉切《集韻》牆來切，𠀤音裁。《說文》人所寶也。《徐曰》可入用者也。《玉篇》納財，謂食穀也，貨也，賂也。《易·繫辭》何以聚人曰財。《註》財，所以資物生也。《書·禹貢》底愼財賦。《傳》所愼者，財貨貢賦。《周禮·天官·大宰》以九賦斂財賄。《註》財，泉穀也。《禮·坊記》先財而後禮。《註》幣帛也。又《禮器》設於地財。《註》財，物也。各是土地之物。又與裁通。《易·泰卦》后以財成天地之道。《釋文》財，荀作裁。《爾雅·釋言疏》裁、財音義同。《史記·封禪書》民里社各自財以祠。《前漢·郊祀志》作自裁。又與材通。《孟子》有達財者。又與纔通。《史記·孝文本紀》太僕見馬遺財足。《註》財，與纔同。又《集韻》昨代切，音在。義同。又《韻補》叶前西切。《舜·南風之歌》南風之時兮，可以阜吾民之財兮。○按《唐韻正》支、齊兩韻本通。 考證：〔又《禮器》設於用財。〕謹照原文用改地。 |
| Fanqie: | 昨哉 (《廣韻·上平聲·咍·裁》) |
| Unihan definition: | wealth, valuables, riches |
Example usage
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 孟子曰：「君子之所以教者五：有如時雨化之者，有成德者，有達財者，有答問者，有私淑艾者。」 |
| Mencius said, 'There are five ways in which the superior man effects his teaching. There are some on whom his influence descends like seasonable rain. There are some whose virtue he perfects, and some of whose talents he assists the development. There are some whose inquiries he answers. There are some who privately cultivate and correct themselves.' | |
| 《禮記·曲禮上》: | 臨財毋茍得，臨難毋茍免。 |
| When you find wealth within your reach, do not (try to) get it by improper means; when you meet with calamity, do not (try to) escape from it by improper means. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 市井相與言，則以財與利。 |
| When merchants talk together, they discuss wealth and profit. | |
| 《墨子·親士》: | 非無足財也，我無足心也。 |
| 'It is not that my wealth is not sufficient but that my passion yearns for more (to improve others' conditions). | |
| 《莊子·天地》: | 不利貨財，不近貴富。 |
| He considers not property or money to be any gain; he keeps aloof from riches and honours. | |
| 《道德經》: | 服文綵，帶利劍，厭飲食，財貨有餘。 |
| They shall wear elegant and ornamented robes, carry a sharp sword at their girdle, pamper themselves in eating and drinking, and have a superabundance of property and wealth. | |
| 《商君書·算地》: | 地過民，則山澤財物不為用。 |
| If the territory exceeds the population, then the resources of mountains and moors will not be utilized. | |
| 《孫子兵法·作戰》: | 國之貧于師者遠輸，遠輸則百姓貧，近于師者貴賣，貴賣則百姓財竭，財竭則急于丘役，力屈財殫，中原內虛于家，百姓之費，十去其七，公家之費，破車罷馬，甲冑矢弩，戟楯蔽櫓，丘牛大車，十去其六。 |
| Poverty of the State exchequer causes an army to be maintained by contributions from a distance. Contributing to maintain an army at a distance causes the people to be impoverished. On the other hand, the proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause the people's substance to be drained away. When their substance is drained away, the peasantry will be afflicted by heavy exactions. With this loss of substance and exhaustion of strength, the homes of the people will be stripped bare, and three-tenths of their income will be dissipated; while government expenses for broken chariots, worn-out horses, breast-plates and helmets, bows and arrows, spears and shields, protective mantles, draught-oxen and heavy wagons, will amount to four-tenths of its total revenue. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 取地之財而節用之，撫教萬民而利誨之，歷日月而迎送之，明鬼神而敬事之。 |
| He secured the revenue of the land, and spent it economically. He governed and instructed all his subjects, and they profited by the instruction. He made a calendar of the days and months past as well as future. He knew all about spirits, and worshipped them respectfully. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 仁義禮善之於人也，辟之若貨財粟米之於家也，多有之者富，少有之者貧，至無有者窮。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 喪事有賵者，蓋以乘馬束帛輿馬曰賵，貨財曰賻，水被曰襚，口實曰唅，玩好曰贈。 |
| 《春秋繁露·王道》: | 奪民財食，高雕文刻鏤之觀，盡金玉骨象之工，窮白黑之變。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 婦人對曰：「客之行，差遲乖人，分其資財，棄之野鄙。」 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 是故內脩七教而上不勞，外行三至而財不費，此之謂明主之道也。 |
| 《白虎通德論》: | 王者始起封諸父、昆弟，與己共財之義，故可與共土也。 |
| 《新書·大政上》: | 故君子之富也，與民以財，故士民樂之。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 攻城得賂，積財而不能賞，天下畔之，賢才怨之，而莫為之用。 |
| 《中論·爵祿》: | 資財、非富也。 |
| 《孔子家語·王言解》: | 故曰，內修七教，而上不勞，外行三至，而財不費。 |
| 《潛夫論·務本》: | 故君子曰：財賄不多，衣食不贍，聲色不妙，威勢不行，非君子之憂也。 |
| 《論衡·命祿》: | 智慮深而無財，才能高而無官 |
| 《太玄經·玄衝》: | 《積》、多財。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 招募方伎怪迂之人，述神仙黃白之事，財殫力屈，無能成獲。 |
| 《孔叢子·論書》: | 孔子曰：「夫山、草木植焉，鳥獸蕃焉，財用出焉，直而無私焉，四方皆伐焉。」 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 故在上者，先豐民財以定其志。 |
| 《素書·正道章》: | 行足以為儀表，智足以決嫌疑，信可以使守約，廉可以使分財，此人之豪也。 |
| 《新語·無為》: | 楚平王奢侈縱恣，不能制下，檢民以德，增駕百馬而行，欲令天下人餒財富利，明不可及，於是楚國逾奢，君臣無別。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·漢津賦》: | 導財運貨，懋遷有無。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 未及時，以贓獲罪，沒其先居之財。 |
| 《鶡冠子·博選》: | 貴者有知，富者有財，貧者有身。 |
| 《文子·守弱》: | 故士有一定之論，女有不易之行，不待勢而尊，不須財而富，不須力而強，不利貨財，不貪世名，不以貴為安，不以賤為危，形神氣志各居其宜。 |
| 《文始真經·三極》: | 以此公天下，可以理財。 |
| 《列仙傳·范蠡》: | 更後百餘年，見於陶，為陶朱君，財累億萬，號陶朱公。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 眾人皆有餘，眾人餘財以為奢，餘智以為詐。 |
| 《韓非子·主道》: | 是故人主有五壅：臣閉其主曰壅，臣制財利曰壅，臣擅行令曰壅，臣得行義曰壅，臣得樹人曰壅。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 地有財，不憂人之貧也。 |
| 《管子·輕重戊》: | 管子告楚之賈人曰：「子為我致生鹿二十，賜子金百斤，什至而金千斤也，則是楚不賦於民而財用足也。」 |
| 《六韜·文師》: | 天有時，地有財，能與人共之者、仁也。 |
| 《司馬法·定爵》: | 順天，阜財，懌眾，利地，右兵，是謂五慮。 |
| 《尉繚子·天官》: | 然不能取者，城高池深，兵器備具，財穀多積，豪士一謀者也。 |
| 《三略·上略》: | 獲財，散之。 |
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