最 — utmost, most, extreme

さい最 utmost

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes quality

U+6700 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #82 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #884 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

utmost
most
extreme

word

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

最(さい) sai most 最(さい) 近(きん) saikin recently 最(さい) 後(ご) saigo last 最(さい) 初(しょ) saisho first 最(さい) 終(しゅう) saishuu last 最(さい) 大(だい) saidai largest 最(さい) 高(こう) saikou best 最(さい) 新(しん) saishin latest

もっと motto 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).

最(もっと) も mottomo most

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

ひ日 sun #72

とる取 take

Used as component in (1)

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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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