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埼 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「土」

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7Elementary year 4 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「土」
On
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Kun
さき・さいsaki · sai
Meaning
cape, promontory (used for Saitama)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Phonetic-semantic. Earth 土 gives the meaning and 奇 the sound. It means a jutting piece of land, and is used for Saitama Prefecture.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Kunさいsai—

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 埼玉県さいたまけん

    Saitama Prefecture

  • 埼京線さいきょうせん

    Saikyo (train) Line

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

わたしは埼玉(さいたま)県(けん)に住(す)んでいます。

I live in Saitama Prefecture.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

埼京線埼玉県埼玉県埼京線埼京capita…玉ball県prefec…線line城castle塩salt土earth圦sluice…圧pressu…
CompoundRadical

Compound

Map of radical 土All maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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