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剤

剤 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 板を2つに割り照合に用いたもの、割符、手形。
  2. （木の根や木皮を切りそろえ用いたことから）薬。
  3. そろえる。まぜる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「劑」の略体（「齊」→「斉」の類推）。「劑」については劑#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

dose, medicine, drug

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ザイJHS
  • スイ
  • セイ
Kun (native)
  • かる
  • けず(る)
Other languages
  • 拼音ji4
  • 한글je
  • 한글ja
  • Hán-ViệtTề

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
刀(かたな)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5264

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰斉刂

Words using this kanji

  • 剤ざい（ザイ）くすり。medicine, agent, (chemical) substance, drug
  • 剤形ざいけいdosage form

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-8-2
Four Corner
0220.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2f8.6
Heisig
1867
Nelson
5424