在 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「土」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「土」
- On
- ザイざい · zai
- Kun
- あ(る)a(ru)
- Meaning
- to exist; be located; countryside
Stroke order
Origin
才 "a stump" plus 土 "earth"; the stump that stays fixed in the soil — hence "to exist, to be there."
Readings and examples
| Onザイざいzai | 在留ざいりゅう在宅ざいたく存在そんざい |
|---|---|
| Kunあるaru | 在るある在りし日ありしひ Compare: 有る |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 現在げんざい
the present; now
- 在校生ざいこうせい
enrolled student
- 存在そんざい
- 滞在たいざい
- 潜在せんざい
Example
現在、姉は東京にいる。
At present my older sister is in Tokyo.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)