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天才

tiāncái

genius

HSK 5 · Topic “People and appearance”

A child building a gear puzzle — Memory picture

Characters in this word

天 tiān

Strokes: 4
Radical: 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of: 一 one 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
How it's built: Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

才 cái

Strokes: 3
Radical: 扌 — hand
How it's built: Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

他是天才。 Tā shì tiāncái. He is a genius.
她真是天才。 Tā zhēn shì tiāncái. She really is a genius.
你不是天才吗？ Nǐ bú shì tiāncái ma? Are you not a genius?

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