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Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

839 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: miscellaneous

Kunyomi: まじ.える, まじ.る

Onyomi: ザツ, ゾウ

Composition: 九 木 隹

雑

Radical

Radical: 隹

Reading: ふるとり

Meaning: small bird

Strokes: 8

⾫

Examples

Examples with audio

雑誌(ざっし)   journal, magazine

雑用(ざつよう)   errands

雑草(ざっそう)   weed [n.]

雑費(ざっぴ)   miscellaneous expenses

雑然とした(ざつぜんとした)   cluttered, disorderly

雑な(ざつな)   rough, crude

雑多な(ざったな)   miscellaneous, mixed

複雑な(ふくざつな)   complex, complicated

乱雑な(らんざつな)   cluttered, rough

混雑する(こんざつする)   be congested

雑木林(ぞうきばやし)   grove of mixed trees, copse

お雑煮(おぞうに)   New Year soup

Onyomi Examples

雑 (ザツ) rough, crude, sloppy, messy, miscellaneous

雑音 (ザツオン) noise (usu. unpleasant), interference (e.g. radio), static, noise, gossip, irresponsible criticism

猥雑 (ワイザツ) vulgar, indecent, crude, sordid, jumbled (of a place), disorderly, chaotic, messy

交雑 (コウザツ) hybridization, crossing, mixing

雑 (ゾウ) miscellany (classification of Japanese poetry unrelated to the seasons or to love)

雑木林 (ゾウキバヤシ) grove of miscellaneous trees, copse, coppice, thicket

Kunyomi Examples

交える (まじえる) to mix, to combine, to include, to exchange (words, fire, etc.), to cross (e.g. swords), to join together

混じる (まじる) to be mixed, to be blended with, to be combined, to associate with, to mingle with, to interest, to join

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