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柴 U+67F4, 柴 ← 柳[U+67F3] CJK Unified Ideographs 柵 →[U+67F5]

柴 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, Cangjie input 卜心木 (YPD), four-corner 21904, composition ⿱此木)

trad. 柴 simp. # 柴 alternative forms 茈𡍥

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zreː): phonetic 此 (OC *sʰeʔ) + semantic 木.

Perhaps related to 槎 (OC *zraːl, *zraːlʔ, “to cut trees”) (Schuessler, 2007). Compare also Khmer ឈើ (chəə, “wood”) (ibid.).

On the other hand, the Min forms (e.g. Jian’ou châu, Fuzhou chà, Xiamen chhâ) are from 樵 (OC *zew).

柴

firewood; brushwood
faggot; bundle of sticks bound together (as fuel)
(dialectal) bony; skinny 弟弟病得人都變柴了。 [MSC, trad.]弟弟病得人都变柴了。 [MSC, simp.]Dìdi bìng de rén dōu biàn chái le. [Pinyin]Younger brother is reduced to a skeleton because of illness.
(dialectal, of food, particularly meat) tough and dry (as opposed to tender and succulent); stringy; hard to chew 牛肉柴。 ― Niúròu chái. ― The beef is tough and dry.
(dialectal) no good; poor; inferior 他的鞋子太柴了 ― tā de xiézǐ tài chái le ― His shoes are low-grade.
(Min) wood; log; timber
(Min) slow and inarticulate; dull
(obsolete) to burn firewood and worship heaven
- 既事而退，柴於上帝，祈於社，設奠於牧室。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]既事而退，柴于上帝，祈于社，设奠于牧室。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCEJì shì ér tuì, chái yú Shàngdì, qí yú shè, shè diàn yú Mù shì. [Pinyin]When he withdrew after the victory, he reared a burning pile to God; prayed at the altar of the earth; and set forth his offerings in the house of Mu.
a surname 柴榮／柴荣 ― Chái Róng ― Chai Rong (Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou)

柴

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to fence; to surround and protect with fence (made of wood) 《鹿柴》 ― “Lùzhài” ― Deer Fence, a poem by Wang Wei
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cover; to place something over
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to stop; to block; to obstruct
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 寨 (zhài, “defending fence”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 寨 (zhài, “villa”)

From English chevron (Leung, 2018).

柴

“柴”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
“柴”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “柴”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 149.

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Kanji in this term 柴しばJinmeiyō kun’yomi

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柴(しば) • (shiba)

柴(しば) • (Shiba)

“▲柴”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026

柴 • (si, chae) (hangeul 시, 채, revised si, chae, McCune-Reischauer si, ch’ae, Yale si, chay)

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柴: Hán Việt readings: sài[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] 柴: Nôm readings: thầy[1][2][3][4][5][6][7], thày[1][3][4], thài[3][4], sầy[3], xầy[3]