Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N2

565 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: lumber, log, timber, wood, materials, ingredients, talent

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ザイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: きへん

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

(きょうざい)   teaching materials

(もくざい)   lumber, timber

(じんざい)   man of talent

(そざい)   raw materials

料(ざいりょう)   ingredients

質(ざいしつ)   quality of material

する(しゅざいする)   gather material (for news story)

Onyomi Examples

ザイ wood, lumber, timber, (raw) material, stuff, talent, ability, capable person

ザイシツ material, material properties, quality of material, quality of wood, quality of lumber

キザイ tools and materials, equipment and materials

ハイザイ scrap wood, waste wood, waste, waste material, scrap material