Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N2

537 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow, detailed, precise

Kunyomi: ほそ.い ほそ.る こま.か こま.かい

Onyomi: サイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: いとへん

Meaning: silk

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

胞(さいぼう)   cell

菌(さいきん)   bacillus, bacterium, germ

部(さいぶ)   details

血管(もうさいけっかん)   capillary vessel, capillary

な(しょうさいな)   details, particulars

な(せんさいな)   fine, nice, delicate, subtle

い(ほそい)   thin, slender, fine

い(こころぼそい)   helpless, forlorn, lonely

かい(こまかい)   small, fine, minute

々した(こまごました)   sundry, miscellaneous

Onyomi Examples

サイ detail, details

サイキン bacterium, bacteria, germ

シサイ reasons, circumstances, significance, particulars, hindrance, obstruction, interference

セイサイ fine, minute, detailed, meticulous, precise

Kunyomi Examples

ほそい thin, slender, fine, unlucky

い糸 ほそいいと fine thread

ほそる to get thin, to taper off

こまか small, fine, detailed, stingy

かい こまかい small, fine, minute, minor, trivial, sensitive, attentive, careful, frugal, stingy

かい こまかい small, fine, minute, minor, trivial, sensitive, attentive, careful, frugal, stingy

かいこと こまかいこと trifles, minor details