柴

柴 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜心木 (YPD), four-corner 2190₄, composition ⿱此木)

• 偨 喍 䠕 㾹 䓱 𡍥 𣖧 𭱨 𤠌 𥈐 𥓽 𪑽 𪘿 𪪀 𢉪

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 521, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14664
• Dae Jaweon: page 909, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1197, character 11
• Unihan data for U+67F4

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zreː): phonetic 此 (OC *sʰeʔ) + semantic 木.

Perhaps related to 槎 (OC *zraːl, *zraːlʔ, “to cut trees”) (Schuessler, 2007). Compare also Khmer ឈើ (chəə, “wood”) (ibid.).

On the other hand, the Min forms (e.g. Jian'ou châu, Fuzhou chà, Xiamen chhâ) are from 樵 (OC *zew).

柴

1. faggot; bundle of sticks bound together (as fuel)
2. firewood; brushwood; wood
3. (obsolete) to burn firewood and worship heaven

   • 既事而退，柴於上帝，祈於社，設奠於牧室。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     既事而退，柴于上帝，祈于社，设奠于牧室。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Jì shì ér tuì, chái yú Shàngdì, qí yú shè, shè diàn yú Mù shì. [Pinyin]

     When he withdrew after the victory, he reared a burning pile to God; prayed at the altar of the earth; and set forth his offerings in the house of Mu.

4. (dialectal) bony; skinny
5. (dialectal, of food, particularly meat) tough and dry (as opposed to tender and succulent); stringy; hard to chew
6. (dialectal) no good; poor; inferior
7. (Min) slow and inarticulate; dull
8. a surname

   柴榮／柴荣  ―  Chái Róng  ―  Chai Rong (Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou)

• (wood):

柴

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to fence; to surround and protect with fence (made of wood)

   《鹿柴》  ―  “Lùzhài”  ―  Deer Fence, a poem by Wang Wei

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cover; to place something over
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to stop; to block; to obstruct
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 寨 (zhài, “defending fence”)
5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 寨 (zhài, “villa”)

From English chevron (Leung, 2018).

柴

1. (Hong Kong) chevron (insignia); stripe (Classifier: 條／条 c)

• “柴”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. brushwood
2. firewood

• Go-on: ぜ (ze)
• Kan-on: さい (sai)
• Kun: しば (shiba, 柴)、ふさぐ (fusagu, 柴ぐ)

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• (Tokyo) しば [shìbá] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕiba̠]

柴(しば) • (shiba) 

1. brushwood, firewood

柴(しば) • (Shiba) 

1. a surname

柴 • (si, chae) (hangeul 시, 채, revised si, chae, McCune–Reischauer si, ch'ae, Yale si, chay)

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柴: Hán Nôm readings: sài, thầy, thài, thày, sầy, xầy

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