Kanji · first appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary
財

財 – property, money, wealth

10 strokesTaught in grade 5#494 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 財 means property, money, wealth, assets. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ザイ、サイ、ゾク (zai, sai, zoku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たから (takara). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 貝 (no. 154).

Stroke order

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Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiザイzai
On’yomiサイsai
On’yomiゾクzoku
Kun’yomiたからtakara

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: (Kangxi radical 154). Components: ノ・一・貝・目・ハ・亅.

Words using 財

財布さいふwallet財産ざいさんproperty財ざいfortune財源ざいげんsource of funds財政ざいせいpublic finance文化財ぶんかざいcultural assets

Example sentences

あなたの財布は私のに似ている。
Your purse is similar to mine.
ミスで財産を失った。
My mistake cost me my fortune.
彼は努力によって財を成した。
He has made a fortune through hard work.

Kanji with the same radical

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