在 — exist, outskirts, suburbs

ざい在 exist

ざい

U+5728 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #211 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #740 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

exist
outskirts
suburbs
located in

Readings

On'yomi: ざい zai
Kun'yomi: あ a

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ざい zai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

在(ざい) zai existence 現(げん) 在(ざい) genzai present 在(ざい) 庫(こ) zaiko inventory 在(ざい) 住(じゅう) zaijuu residing in 在(ざい) 日(にち) zainichi residing in Japan 実(じつ) 在(ざい) jitsuzai actual existence 不(ふ) 在(ざい) fuzai absence 所(しょ) 在(ざい) shozai whereabouts

あ a Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

在(あ) り方(かた) arikata the way things should be 在(あ) る aru to exist 在(あ) りし日(ひ) arishihi past days

Words by frequency and grade

34 words

Each dot is a word containing 在: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.