Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
roof
Parts:
superintend, manager, rule
On:
サイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1597 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 宰相 【サイショウ】 prime minister, premier, chancellor
  • 宰領 【サイリョウ】 supervision, superintendence, management, supervisor
  • 厨宰 【チュウサイ】 chef, head cook
  • 冢宰 【チョウサイ】 Minister of State (Zhou dynasty China)

Readings

Japanese names:
ただ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zai3
Korean:
jae

Spanish

  • supervisar
  • dirigir
  • administrar

Portuguese

  • supervisionar
  • administrador
  • regra

French

  • directeur
  • diriger
  • superviseur
  • premier ministre
1288 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1826 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1303 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1614 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1210 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1180 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1488 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1586 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1659 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
483 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2829 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1460 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1965 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1513 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7160 Morohashi
2275 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1330 New Nelson (John Haig)
1499 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1615 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1325 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
755 2001 Kanji
3m7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-7 SKIP code
3040.1 Four corner code
1-26-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bb0 Unicode hex code