蔡
cài · Cai
- Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
- No. 155
- Ancestral seat (junwang)
- 济阳
- Wikidata
- Q1207872
In other languages
- German Cai
- English Cai
- Spanish Cai
- French Cai
- Korean 차이
- Russian Цай
- Vietnamese Thái
Notable historical bearers
Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.
- Cai Lun48 – 121
Chinese official credited with inventing paper (died 121)
- Cai Yuanpei1868 – 1940
Chinese educator, Esperantist and the president of Peking University (1868-1940)
- Cai Yan177 – 249
3rd century Chinese poet and musician
- Cai Yong133 – 192
Chinese official and scholar (132-192)
- Tsai E1882 – 1916
Chinese politician (1882-1916)
- Cai Xiang1012 – 1067
Chinese calligrapher-architect (1012–1067)
- Cai Chusheng1906 – 1968
Chinese film director (1906-1968)
- Cai Chang1900 – 1990
Chinese politician (1900-1990)
- Cai Tingkai1892 – 1968
Chinese general (1892–1968)
- Cai Hesen1895 – 1931
Chinese politician (1895-1931)
- Cai Jing1047 – 1126
Grand Chancellor of Emperor Huizong of Norther Song Dynasty (1047-1126); one of the Six Thieves (traitors) of Song
- Cai Mao? – 208
Late 2nd/early 3rd century Han dynasty general
- Sai On1682 – 1761
Sanshikan of Ryukyu; Regent, instructor, and advisor to King Shō Kei (1682-1761)
- Chua Lam1941 – 2025
Singaporean Hong Kong writer (1941–2025)
Find printed genealogies
The Shanghai Library holds one of the largest collections of Chinese family genealogies (jiapu). Its genealogy platform lists each genealogy's title, ancestral place, founding ancestor, hall name and holding library. Search there by surname and your family's ancestral place.
Search 蔡 genealogies at the Shanghai Library ↗Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).