材 = 木 + 才

材 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “material”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 才 (talent).

Keyword: material
Pinyin (Mandarin): cái
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: material, stuff, вещи, материал, stuff
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 材 lumber

Decomposition

ids

木 tree
才 talent

How to find 材 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tree” + “talent”. 材 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 材 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.