Hanja Analyzer
財

財 — jae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
재물 재
Romanization
jae
English
wealth, valuables, riches
Mandarin
cái
Japanese on'yomi
ザイ, サイ
Japanese kun'yomi
たから
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#494 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Variant forms
戝
Radical
貝 (154, 3 residual)
Phonetic component
才
Unicode
U+8CA1

Parts that make up 財

  • 貝 조개 패 조개껍데기돈과 재물. 옛날에 조개를 돈으로 썼다
  • 才 재주 재sound 뾰족한 말뚝‘재·존’ 계열의 소리

How 財 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 財 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 貝, 才.

Korean example words with 財

  • 민재民財 Korean gloss: 국민의 재산
  • 재용財用 Korean gloss: 재물의 용도
  • 유재留財 Korean gloss: 모아 둔 재물
  • 전재錢財 Korean gloss: 재물로서의 돈
  • 재운財運 Korean gloss: 재물을 모을 운수
  • 여재餘財 Korean gloss: 남은 재물이나 재산
  • 재부財富 Korean gloss: 가치 있고 소중한 것
  • 재무財務 Korean gloss: 돈이나 재산에 관한 일
  • 재성財星 Korean gloss: 재물 따위를 얻을 운수
  • 재본財本 Korean gloss: 재화나 자금이 나올 원천
  • 재원財源 Korean gloss: 재화나 자금이 나올 원천
  • 사재私財 Korean gloss: 개인이 소유하고 있는 재산

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

Japanese words with 財

  • 財政ざいせい public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
  • 財界ざいかい financial world; business circles
  • 財源ざいげん source of funds; resources; finances
  • 財産ざいさん property; fortune; assets
  • 財団ざいだん foundation (institution); syndicate; group
  • 財務ざいむ financial affairs
  • 財団法人ざいだんほうじん incorporated foundation; juridical foundation
  • 文化財ぶんかざい cultural assets; cultural property
  • 財布さいふ wallet; purse; coin purse
  • 財閥ざいばつ zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
  • 財ざい fortune; riches; goods
  • 財政投融資ざいせいとうゆうし Fiscal Investment and Loan Program; FILP

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 貝

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