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材

材 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

lumber, log, timber, wood, materials, ingredients, talent

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ザイElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • き
  • さい
Other languages
  • 拼音cai2
  • 한글jae
  • Hán-ViệtTài

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

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+6750

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木才

Words using this kanji

  • 材料ざいりょう物を製作したり料理を作ったりする元になるもの。 芸術作品や文芸作品の題材になるもの。 主張や批評などを組み立てる元となるもの。判断の根拠となるもの。materials, ingredients, material (for a novel, experiment, etc.), subject matter
  • 材質ざいしつ木材の質。 材料の質material, material properties, quality of material, quality of wood
  • 材木ざいもく建築物などをつくるための材料とする木。wood (for building), lumber, timber
  • 材ざいwood, lumber, timber, (raw) material
  • 材木屋ざいもくや材木を仕入れて販売する店、人。材木店。lumber dealer
  • 材木商ざいもくしょうlumber dealer
  • 材料費ざいりょうひ（会計）原価計算において、一定量の製品を作るのに使用する材料の価値。費用の発生元を直接把握できる直接材料費と把握できない間接材料費からなる。cost of materials
  • 材料力学ざいりょうりきがくmechanics of materials, material mechanics
  • 材料不足ざいりょうぶそくmaterials shortage
  • 材料科学ざいりょうかがくmaterials science
  • 材料工学ざいりょうこうがくmaterials science and engineering
  • 材料部会ざいりょうぶかいDivision of Materials Science and Technology
  • 材料リサイクルざいりょうリサイクルmaterial recycling
  • 材料技術研究協会ざいりょうぎじゅつけんきゅうきょうかいJapan Research Institute of Material Technology

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-3
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4490.0
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4a3.7
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738
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2189