漢字道KANJIDO

6 strokesRadical

6Elementary year 56 strokesRadical
On
ザイ
Kun
あ(る)
Meaning
to exist; be located; countryside

Origin

ORIGIN

才 "a stump" plus 土 "earth"; the stump that stays fixed in the soil — hence "to exist, to be there."

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

ザイ在留・在宅・存在
ある在る・在りし日

Compare: 有る

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 現在げんざい

    the present; now

  • 在校生ざいこうせい

    enrolled student

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

現在、姉は東京にいる。

At present my older sister is in Tokyo.

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