Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

297 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: tailor, judge, decision, cut out (pattern)

Kunyomi: た.つ さば.く

Onyomi: サイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ころも

Meaning: clothes

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

判(さいばん)   trial, judgment

判所(さいばんしょ)   court, courthouse

縫(さいほう)   sewing

量(さいりょう)   discretion

(ようさい)   dressmaking

(せいさい)   restraint, sanctions, punishment

(ていさい)   appearance, format, decency

(どくさい)   dictatorship, despotism

(そうさい)   president

する(ちゅうさいする)   arbitrate, intercede

つ(たつ)   cut [v.t.]

く(さばく)   judge [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

サイ judge

サイケツ decision, ruling, judgement, judgment

カサイ family court

コウサイ High Court

Kunyomi Examples

たつ to cut (cloth)

さばく to judge, to decide, to sit in judgement, to try