雑 – miscellaneous

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The kanji 雑 means miscellaneous. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ザツ、ゾウ (zatsu, zou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is まじ.える、まじ.る (majieru, majiru). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 隹 (no. 172).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ザツ	zatsu
On’yomi	ゾウ	zou
Kun’yomi	まじ.える	majieru
Kun’yomi	まじ.る	majiru

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: 隹 (Kangxi radical 172). Components: 木・隹・九.

Words using 雑

雑誌ざっしmagazine複雑ふくざつcomplex混雑こんざつcongestion雑音ざつおんnoise (usu. unpleasant)雑巾ぞうきんhouse-cloth雑ざつrough雑貨ざっかmiscellaneous goods雑談ざつだんchatting雑木ぞうきvarious kinds of small trees

Example sentences

その雑誌はどこで買えますか。

Where can I buy that magazine?

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あれはとても複雑な機械だ。

That is a very complex machine.

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その道は車で混雑している。

The roads are jammed with cars.

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Kanji with the same radical

集難離雄雇雌雛

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