Shen Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Clothing (yī)
Character: cai
Kangxi Stroke Count: 12
Page 1116, Entry 16
Tang Dynasty Rhyme Dictionary (Tangyun): Pronounced cai. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui): Pronounced cai.
Shuowen Jiezi: To craft clothing.
Jade Chapters (Yupian): To rend or cut.
Ceremonial and Ritual (Yili), Commentary on the Rites for Mourning the Scholar (Shisangli shu): Unlined cloth garments, known during the Han Dynasty as tongcai.
Also, to moderate or regulate.
Book of Changes (Yijing), Appended Statements (Xici): Transformation and moderation is called change.
Discourses of the States (Guoyu), Discourses of Wu (Wuyu): To rescue those with insufficiency and regulate those with excess.
Also, to discern or evaluate.
History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Li Ying: Possessing a unique style of character and discernment.
Also, to self-execute (zicai), meaning to commit suicide.
History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Huo Guang: Finally, due to an incident, he committed suicide.
Also, to measure or plan, interchangeable with the character for wealth (cai).
Book of Changes (Yijing), Tai Hexagram: The sovereign uses this to fashion and complete the way of heaven and earth.
Also, interchangeable with the character for talent (cai).
History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biographies of Meritorious Officials: The households can be counted, amounting only to two or three tenths.
Also, Extended Rhyme Dictionary (Guangyun): Pronounced zai. Also meaning to manufacture or control.
Preface to the Guliang Commentary (Guliang zhuan xu): The standards of measurement are not fixed.
Annotation: Read with the departing tone.
Also, Supplement to the Rhymes (Yunbu): Pronounced qi.
Songs of Chu (Chuci), Cherishing Vows (Xishi): The yellow swan arrives behind schedule and dwells in lodgings, while owls gather and control them. The divine dragon loses the water and lives on land, where it is constrained by ants.