催 – sponsor, hold (a meeting), give (a dinner)

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#536 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 催 means sponsor, hold (a meeting), give (a dinner). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サイ (sai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is もよう.す、もよお.す (moyousu, moyoosu). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	サイ	sai
Kun’yomi	もよう.す	moyousu
Kun’yomi	もよお.す	moyoosu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・山・隹.

Words using 催

催促さいそくpressing催しもよおしevent開催かいさいholding (a conference, exhibition, etc.)主催しゅさいsponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices)催すもよおすto hold (an event)

Example sentences

催促がましくて恐縮ですが、先日お貸ししたお金を返していただけませんか。

I'm afraid this sounds like a demand, but could you return the money I lent you the other day?

Tatoeba #170823

今日の催しのチケットはありますか。

Do you have any tickets for today's performance?

Tatoeba #171912

彼らは一連の音楽会を開催した。

They gave a series of concerts.

Tatoeba #97530

Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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