cái

to cut; to reduce; to cut back (e.g. on staff)

HSK 5 #1203

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 1203rd character
Radical ⾐ (145.6)
Strokes 12
Index # 2532

Definitions

裁 cái
  1. 1. to cut
  2. 2. to reduce
  3. 3. to cut back (e.g. on staff)
  4. 4. to trim
  5. 5. to cut out (as a dress)
  6. 6. judgment
  7. 7. decision
  8. 8. to diminish

Stroke order

裁 stroke order diagram
裁 stroke order animation

Words containing 裁

Word Meaning
chairman; director-general (of a company etc)
referee; to referee; judge
tailor; dressmaker
sanctions (incl. economic); to punish; punishment
to lay off employees; to cut staff
dictatorship
genre; form of writing; style
ruling; adjudication
ruling
dictator; autocrat
arbitration
referee
to tailor (clothes); to trim (expenditure)
to cut out
to reduce; to cut down; to lessen
tailor's shop
to adopt an original approach
to consider and decide
disarmament
to dissolve an organisation
trimmer; paper cutter
act to fit real needs; live within means
to adopt an original approach
vice president (of a company)
vice president (of a company)
Previous Next