| Kanji | 材 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 木 |
| 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. |
| RTK Index (new) | 738 |
Tags: jlpt.n2, grade4, kanjifreq501-750, kanji_nature_substance
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