蔡(cài): surname Cai
14 strokes
surname Cai
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- cài
- Meaning
- surname Cai
- Strokes
- 14
- HSK level
- —
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 蔡 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 蔡 step by step
14 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 蔡
Common words using 蔡 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), educationist and politician, president of Peking University 19…
Open 蔡元培 page →Cai Guoqiang (1957-), contemporary Chinese artist working with firework displays and li…
Open 蔡国强 page →Related characters
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