9 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

how, what, alas, question mark, exclamation mark

Kun'yomi
  • how!
On'yomi
  • サイ
Nanori
  • すけ
  • とし
  • ちか
  • はじめ

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

サイ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

how, what, alas
サイ かな や (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
to cut, wound, hurt
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ カ ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

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References

Unicode hex code 54C9
JIS X 0208 1-26-40
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 777
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 779
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3294
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4084
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 2071
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2807
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2704
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2741
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1006
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1940
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 3596
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2037
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4n5.4
Four corner code 4365.0