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Lumber Wood Tree 材 ザイ き さい Log

Kanji
Onyomi ザイ
Nanori き, さい
English lumber, log, timber, wood, talent
Examples 取材(しゅざい): collecting data (e.g. for a newspaper article); covering an event
材料(ざいりょう): ingredients; material
人材(じんざい): man of talent; capable person; talented person
素材(そざい): raw materials; subject matter
木材(もくざい): lumber; timber; wood
材木(ざいもく): lumber; timber
教材(きょうざい): teaching materials
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 4
Frequency 565
Components 木: tree; wood
才: genius; years old; cubic shaku
Number of Strokes 7
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 75
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading き・きへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword lumber
Koohii Story 1 A TREE GENIUS is a LUMBER jack. Duh.
Koohii Story 2 Just when the were about to turn the last tree into lumber, the Lorax (the tree-genie) jumps out and puts a stop to the whole affair.

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade4, kanjifreq501-750, kanji_nature_substance

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