才 — 3 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
道9Elementary year 2 ／ 3 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
- On
- サイさい · sai
- Kun
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- Meaning
- talent; years old (counter)
Stroke order
Origin
Originally a dam shape; borrowed for inborn ability (talent) and as an age counter.
Readings and examples
| Onサイさいsai | 才能さいのう才覚さいかく秀才しゅうさい |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 天才てんさい
genius
- 才能さいのう
talent
- 才媛さいえん
- 鬼才きさい
- 穎才えいさい
- 才気煥発さいきかんぱつ
- 儁才しゅんさい
- 菲才ひさい
Example
八才に なりました。
I turned eight years old.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)