| Chinese Text Project |
| 蔡 U+8521 |  Seal script |  Jinwen | 𣞖 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 艸+ 11 strokes = 17 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.382#54 Kangxi: p.1055#03 Cihai: p.1164r5c02 GSR: 337.i Hanyu: v5,p3282#10 |
| Composition: | Top: 艹, bottom: 祭. Component of: 𠐐 𡂠 攃 𡣮 𤁱 𫊈 櫒 𢨝 𬪝 𬯡 礤 䌨 𧭝 𨯓 𩁞 𮜨 𩧇 𪇭 𪒼 |
| Mandarin: | cài sà cā ㄘㄞˋ ㄙㄚˋ ㄘㄚ |
| Cantonese: | coi3 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *tsɑ̀i |
| Shuowen: | 《艸部》蔡：艸也。从艸祭聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·去聲·泰·蔡》蔡：龜也，亦國名又姓出濟陽周蔡叔之後也。倉大切，三。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·艸部·十一》蔡：〔古文〕𣞖《唐韻》倉大切《集韻》《類篇》七蓋切，𠀤音䌨。《說文》草也。《玉篇》草芥也。草際也。又《論語》臧文仲居蔡。《何晏註》蔡，國君之守龜，出蔡地，因以爲名焉。又山名。《書·禹貢》蔡蒙旅平。《疏》蔡，山名。又《禹貢》二百里蔡。《傳》蔡，法也。法三百里而差𥳑。又國名。《書·蔡仲之命疏》成王命蔡叔之子踐諸侯之位，作蔡仲之命。又姓。《史記》蔡澤，古作祭，《左傳》祭仲，《國語》祭公謀父，《後漢書》祭遵俱作蔡。又《集韻》七曷切，音攃。《前漢·李廣利傳》昧蔡爲宛王。又桑割切，音薩。放也。《左傳·昭元年》周公殺管叔而蔡蔡叔。《韻會》本作𥻦，言放之若散米。今作蔡。又《韻補》叶子例切，音祭。《王褒·九懷》水躍兮余旌，繼以兮微蔡。雲旗兮電騖，倏忽兮容裔。 |
| Fanqie: | 倉大 (《廣韻·去聲·泰·蔡》) |
| Unihan definition: | surname; species of tortoise |
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[Show proper names]Example usage
| 《論語·公冶長》: | 子曰：「臧文仲居蔡，山節藻梲，何如其知也？」 |
| The Master said, "Zang Wen kept a large tortoise in a house, on the capitals of the pillars of which he had hills made, and with representations of duckweed on the small pillars above the beams supporting the rafters. Of what sort was his wisdom?" | |
| 《孟子·盡心下》: | 孟子曰：「君子之戹於陳蔡之閒，無上下之交也。」 |
| Mencius said, 'The reason why the superior man was reduced to straits between Chen and Cai was because neither the princes of the time nor their ministers sympathized or communicated with him.' | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 何不能居世也，曾範、蔡之不若！ |
| Why could he not occupy an official position in his time? Even Fan Ju and Cai Ze were not like that! | |
| 《墨子·所染》: | 夏桀染於干辛、推哆，殷紂染於崇侯、惡來，厲王染於厲公長父、榮夷終，幽王染於傅公夷、蔡公穀。 |
| Jie of Xia came under the influence of Gan Xin and Tui Yi; Zhou of Yin, under that of the Duke of Zhong and E Lai; King Li, under that of Chang Fu, Duke Li, and Yi Zhong of the State of Rong; and King You, under that of Yi, Duke of Fu, and Gu, Duke of Cai. | |
| 《莊子·天運》: | 圍於陳、蔡之間，七日不火食，死生相與鄰，是非其眯邪？ |
| He was kept in a state of siege between Chen and Cai, so that for seven days he had no cooked food to eat, and was in a situation between life and death: were not those experiences like the nightmare? | |
| 《史記·夏本紀》: | 華陽黑水惟梁州：汶、嶓既藝，沱、涔既道，蔡、蒙旅平，和夷厎績。 |
| The south of Mount Hua and the Blackwater formed the boundaries of Liangzhou. The Min and Bo hills were cultivated. The Tuo and Qian rivers flowed in their channels, sacrifices were offered to the hills Cai and Meng on the plateaux, and the wild tribes on the He river were successfully managed. | |
| 《尚書·禹貢》: | 蔡、蒙旅平，和夷厎績。 |
| Sacrifices were offered to (the hills) Cai and Meng on the regulation (of the country about them). (The country of) the wild tribes about the He was successfully operated on. | |
| 《荀子·彊國》: | 今楚、父死焉，國舉焉，負三王之廟，而辟於陳蔡之間，視可司間，案欲剡其脛而以蹈秦之腹，然而秦使左案左，使右案右，是乃使讎人役也。 |
| 《說苑·雜言》: | 孔子困於陳、蔡之間，居環堵之內，席三經之席，七日不食，藜羹不糝，弟子皆有饑色，讀詩書治禮不休。 |
| 《春秋繁露·王道》: | 蔡昭公朝之，因請其裘，昭公不與。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷四》: | 明日興師而誅管蔡。 |
| 《白虎通德論·號》: | 蔡侯無罪而拘於楚，吳有憂中國心，興師伐楚，諸侯莫敢不至。 |
| 《新書·大都》: | 昔楚靈王問范無宇曰：「我欲大城陳、蔡、葉與不羹，賦車各千乘焉，亦足以當晉矣，又加之以楚，諸侯其來朝乎？」 |
| 《新序·善謀》: | 臣為主慮，莫若善楚，秦、楚合為一而以臨韓，韓必拱手，王施之以東山之險，帶以曲河之利，韓必為關內之侯，若是而王以十萬伐鄭，梁氏寒心，許鄢陵、嬰城，而上蔡、召陵不往來也，如此而魏亦關內侯矣。 |
| 《中論·智行》: | 昔武王崩，成王幼，周公居攝，管、蔡啟殷畔亂，周公誅之 |
| 《孔子家語·始誅》: | 夫殷湯誅尹諧，文王誅潘正，周公誅管蔡，太公誅華士，管仲誅付乙，子產誅史何，凡此七子皆異世而同誅者，以七子異世而同惡，故不可赦也。 |
| 《潛夫論·論榮》: | 昔祁奚有言：「鯀殛而禹興，管、蔡為戮，周公祐王。」 |
| 《論衡·命祿》: | 蔡澤之說范雎，拜為客卿。 |
| 《風俗通義·六國》: | 厲公為蔡所滅殺，國內亂 |
| 《孔叢子·廣詁》: | 幾、蔡、模、臬，法也。 |
| 《申鑒·雜言下》: | 無善惡，文王之教一也，則無周公、管、蔡。 |
| 《新語·本行》: | 夫子陳、蔡之厄，豆飯菜羹，不足以接餒，二三子布弊褞袍，不足以避寒，倥偬屈厄，自處甚矣。 |
| 《蔡中郎集》: | 詔制左中郎將蔡邕，今封邕陳留雍丘高陽鄉侯，下印綬符策，假限食五百戶，歲五十萬穀各米。 |
| 《列子·力命》: | 不出諸侯之下，而困於陳，蔡。 |
| 《鶡冠子·武靈王》: | 所謂戰克者，其國已素破，兵從而攻之，因句踐用此而吳國亡，楚用此而陳蔡舉，三家用此而智氏亡，韓用此而東分。 |
| 《列仙傳·任光》: | 任光者，上蔡人也。 |
| 《韓非子·有度》: | 蔡、召陵之事，荊軍破。 |
| 《管子·小匡》: | 築蔡鄢陵培夏靈父丘，以衛戎狄之地，所以禁暴於諸侯也。 |
| 《淮南子·齊俗訓》: | 周公踐東宮，履乘石，攝天子之位，負扆而朝諸侯，放蔡叔，誅管叔，克殷殘商，祀文王於明堂，七年而致政成王。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·開春》: | 周之刑也，戮管、蔡而相周公。 |
| 《鄧析子·無厚》: | 周公誅管蔡，此於弟無厚也。 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 宋公，陳侯，蔡人，衛人，伐鄭。 |
| 《逸周書·作雒解》: | 武王克殷，乃立王子祿父，俾守商祀，建管叔于東，建蔡叔、霍叔于殷，俾監殷臣，王既歸，乃歲十二月崩鎬，肂于岐周，周公立，相天子，三叔及殷東，徐奄及熊盈以略，周公、召公，內弭父兄，外撫諸侯。 |
| 《國語·吳語》: | 越滅吳，上征上國，宋、鄭、魯、衛、陳、蔡執玉之君皆入朝。 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 窮陳蔡，不自以為約。 |
| 《吳越春秋》: | 吳王於是使使謂唐、蔡曰：「楚為無道，虐殺忠良，侵食諸侯，困辱二君，寡人欲舉兵伐楚，願二君有謀。」 |
| 《越絕書》: | 其後荊將伐蔡，子胥言之闔廬，即使子胥救蔡而伐荊。 |
| 《戰國策》: | 桓公伐蔡也，號言伐楚，其實襲蔡。 |
| 《鹽鐵論·毀學》: | 及其囚於囹圄，車裂於雲陽之市，亦願負薪入東門，行上蔡曲街徑，不可得也。 |
| 《列女傳·周室三母》: | 太姒生十男：長伯邑考、次武王發、次周公旦、次管叔鮮、次蔡叔度、次曹叔振鐸、次霍叔武、次成叔處、次康叔封、次聃季載。 |
| 《春秋穀梁傳》: | 冬，十有二月，葬蔡昭公。 |
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