漢字道KANJIDO

10 strokesRadical

6Elementary year 510 strokesRadical
On
ザイ・サイ
Kun
Meaning
wealth; property; assets

Origin

ORIGIN

貝 "shell money" plus 才 "ability, worth"; something of real value — hence "wealth, property."

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

ザイ財産・私財・文化財
サイ財布

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 財産ざいさん

    property; fortune

  • 文化財ぶんかざい

    cultural property

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

この寺は大切な文化財だ。

This temple is an important cultural property.

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