Chinese Character Dictionary

This dictionary collects useful information about Chinese characters, including stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, Cantonese romanization, Minnan romanization, Chaozhou romanization, words, idioms and explanations.
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Stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, romanization, words and explanations for ""

Basic information
Strokes: 8 Radical: 钅 Structure: 左右结构 繁体:
Pinyin: chāi Zhuyin: ㄔㄞ Yueping: chaai1 Guangdong: cai1
Minnan: chhai、thoe Chaozhou: Tang:
Stroke order:
Words:凤头钗古钗古钗脚折钗股插钗松钗燕钗爵钗玉臂钗玉钗玉鸦钗瑶钗秦钗紫钗记羽钗花钗荆钗荆钗记
Idioms:分钗劈凤分钗断带分钗破镜十二金钗宝钗分股布裙荆钗断钗重合明道指钗破镜分钗荆钗布袄荆钗布裙荆钗裙布裙布荆钗裙布钗荆金钗十二金钗十二行金钗换酒金钗细合
Xiehouyu:
English meaning: ornamental hairpin
Detailed explanations by pronunciation
Pinyin 1: chāi
Zhuyin: ㄔㄞ
(形声。从金,叉声。本义:古代妇女的一种首饰,形似叉,用金、玉、铜等制作 )
同本义 钗,笄属。——《说文新附》。徐铉曰:“本只作叉,此字后人所加。”<br>钿合金钗寄将去。——唐·白居易《长恨歌》
又如:钗钏(泛指妇女的饰物)
借指妇女 。如:金陵十二钗