材	109B05   10B.00-1	部居	畫數  7	ㄘㄞˊ [cai2] .
N	(1)  Timber: 木材 ditto; hence symbolic of good or bad timber, useful or useless talent; 成材，不成材 (person) useful, useless in society. (2)  Material: 材料 [cai2liao4]↓; 教材 teaching material. (3)  Interch. 才 talent: 才能，才^器 10.00; 人材=人才. (4)  Natural bent: 因材施教 educate a person according to his natural ability. (5)  Short for 棺材 coffin.
Words	1.材器 [cai2qi4], n., person's usefulness, practical ability (also wr. 才).  2.材幹 [cai2gan4], n., practical or administrative ability.  3.材料 [cai2liao4] ([cai2liao0]), n., material (of cloth, construction, for writing, research).  4.材木 [cai2mu4], n., timber.  5.材能 [cai2neng2], n., natural ability (also wr. 才能).  6.材人 [cai2ren2], n., able man (=才士).  7.材士 [cai2shi4], n., able scholars (=才士).