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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ふるとり

Meaning: small bird

Strokes: 8

Examples

Examples with audio

誌(ざっし)   journal, magazine

用(ざつよう)   errands

草(ざっそう)   weed [n.]

費(ざっぴ)   miscellaneous expenses

然とした(ざつぜんとした)   cluttered, disorderly

な(ざつな)   rough, crude

多な(ざったな)   miscellaneous, mixed

な(ふくざつな)   complex, complicated

な(らんざつな)   cluttered, rough

する(こんざつする)   be congested

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

煮(おぞうに)   New Year soup

Onyomi Examples

ザツ rough, crude, sloppy, messy, miscellaneous

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

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

コウザツ hybridization, crossing, mixing

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

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