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Tailor Hard Garments Thanksgiving 裁 サイ た.つ、さば.く Judge

Kanji
Onyomi サイ
Kunyomi た.つ、さば.く
English tailor, judge, decision, cut out (pattern)
Examples 裁判(さいばん): trial; judgement; judgment
制裁(せいさい): restraint; sanctions; punishment
独裁(どくさい): dictatorship; despotism
体裁(ていさい): (1) (outward) appearance (2) (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; style (3) appearances; decency; show; display (4) lip-service; insincere words; glib talk
裁縫(さいほう): sewing
裁く(さばく): to judge
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade 6
Frequency 297
Components 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey
戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62)
衣: garment; clothes; dressing
Number of Strokes 12
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 145
Radical Strokes 6
Radical Reading ころも・ころもへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword tailor
Koohii Story 1 The tailor was hard at work making sure all the pilgrims were dressed in their best garments for thanksgiving.
Koohii Story 2 The tailor worked hard after thanksgiving to alter garments so they´d fit people who´d eaten too much at their thanksgiving dinners.
RTK Index 397

Tags: jlpt.n1, grade6, kanjifreq251-500

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