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材 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「木」

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7Elementary year 4 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「木」
On
ザイざい · zai
Kun
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Meaning
material; timber; talent

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Phonetic-semantic: 木 (wood/tree, meaning) with 才 (sound); wood for building, "timber/material."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onザイざいzai材木ざいもく材料ざいりょう人材じんざい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 材料ざいりょう

    material

  • 木材もくざい

    lumber

More words with this kanji

  • 取材しゅざい
  • 杉材すぎざい
  • 楠材なんざい
  • 椙材すぎざい
  • 栂材つがざい
  • 樗材ちょざい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

家(いえ)を作(つく)る材木(ざいもく)を運(はこ)ぶ。

We carry the lumber to build the house.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 木Map of reading ザイAll maps

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

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