Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N3

1497 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 3

Meaning: genius, years old, cubic shaku

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: サイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: てへん

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

十八(じゅうはっさい)   18 years old

(なんさい)   how old

能(さいのう)   talent

(てんさい)   genius

(まんざい)   comic dialogue

Onyomi Examples

サイ ability, gift, talent, aptitude, genius, sai, traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

サイ -years-old

キサイ wizard, genius, remarkable talent, exceptional ability

エイサイ genius, brilliance, unusual talent, gifted person, person of unusual talent