剤 – dose, medicine, drug

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1151 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 剤 means dose, medicine, drug. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ザイ、スイ、セイ (zai, sui, sei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かる、けず.る (karu, kezuru). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 刀 (no. 18).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ザイ	zai
On’yomi	スイ	sui
On’yomi	セイ	sei
Kun’yomi	かる	karu
Kun’yomi	けず.る	kezuru

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: 刀 (Kangxi radical 18). Components: ｜・ノ・刈・文・廾・斉.

Words using 剤

洗剤せんざいdetergent

Example sentences

誤って洗剤を飲んでしまいました。

He swallowed detergent by mistake.

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Kanji with the same radical

分前制初判利別割切副券劇創則削刊

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