在 — exist, outskirts, suburbs

ざい在 exist

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 6 strokes

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.

Meanings

exist
outskirts
suburbs
located in

word

さい・ざい sai 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

Appears in idioms

自由自在四字熟語

self, reason, self, exist

変幻自在四字熟語

unusual, phantasm, self, exist

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

亻 person (left form)

つち土 earth #32

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#32 土 earth

在 — exist, outskirts, suburbs

Meanings

word

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

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).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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在 — exist, outskirts, suburbs

Meanings

word

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

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).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

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