Hanja Analyzer
才

才 — jae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
재주 재
Romanization
jae
English
talent, ability; just, only
Mandarin
cái
Japanese on'yomi
サイ, ザイ
Japanese kun'yomi
わずかに ざえ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#1,497 of 2,500
Strokes
3
Radical
手 (64, 0 residual)
Unicode
U+624D

Korean example words with 才

  • 재유才猷 Korean gloss: 재주와 꾀
  • 천재淺才 Korean gloss: 얕은 재주
  • 다재多才 Korean gloss: 재주가 많음
  • 비재菲才 Korean gloss: 재주가 없음
  • 재량才量 Korean gloss: 재주와 도량
  • 상재商才 Korean gloss: 장사하는 재주
  • 시재詩才 Korean gloss: 시를 짓는 재능
  • 재완才腕 Korean gloss: 재능 있는 수완
  • 재조才操 Korean gloss: ‘재주’의 원말
  • 필재筆才 Korean gloss: 글을 쓰는 재주
  • 무재武才 Korean gloss: 무예에 관한 재주
  • 재기才氣 Korean gloss: 재주가 있는 기질

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 才

  • 才能さいのう talent; ability
  • 天才てんさい genius; prodigy; natural gift
  • 才さい ability; gift; talent
  • 漫才まんざい manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit
  • 秀才しゅうさい bright person; talented student; prodigy
  • 英才えいさい genius; brilliance; unusual talent
  • 鬼才きさい wizard; genius; remarkable talent
  • 才覚さいかく ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness
  • 才気さいき wisdom
  • 多才たさい talented
  • 才人さいじん talented person; clever person
  • 異才いさい genius; prodigy; (person of) great talent

Characters sharing the phonetic 才

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “재”

Other hanja with radical 手

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