cái

cut out

To cut  cloth 

Components
十 meaning component

  Meaning component

shí

  

ten

戈 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

spear

衣 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

clothes

Evolution

裁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
裁 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

cái

cut out; decrease; to cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim; to reduce; to diminish; to cut back (e.g. on staff); decision; judgment

Most common words with 裁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

总裁

chairman

裁判

judgment

裁决

ruling

制裁

to punish

to cut