material / timber / ability / aptitude / a capable individual / coffin (old)

= + : In the airplane, the King of Chu investigates a Christmas tree with his secret X-ray vision super power. He can see that the material the tree is made out of is not timber; instead, he sees that the tree has been 3D printed.

材 character breakdown

ability / talent / sb of a certain type / a capable individual / then and only then / just now / (before an expression of quantity) only

= + + 丿 : The King of Chu has been bitten by a X-ray tube and has gained the special ability of X-ray vision. In the airplane, he holds a banana in each hand; through his x-ray vision ability, he is able to see that in one of them there's a crowbar hidden, in the other one a flute.
surname Mu
tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree. Malte Monkey is putting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He's using a cross (十) as a base to put the tree on, and decorates the tree with eight-balls (八).
(variant of 才[cai2]) just now / (before an expression of quantity) only
(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

Characters with 材 as component

材 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 材

to collect material
negative example / sth that teaches one what not to do
variant of 人才[ren2 cai2]
principal or main material (engineering)
(of a person) short in stature
worthless / good-for-nothing
employ one's talent to the fullest / everyone gives of their best / also written 人盡其才|人尽其才
reference material / source documents
lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom) / fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
untalented / I / me (humble) / also written 不才[bu4 cai2]

Sentences with 材

材 currently does not appear in any sentence.