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材

lumber
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingザイ
JōyōGrade 4
  1. material
  2. material properties
  3. quality of material
  4. quality of wood
  5. quality of lumber

Popular Usage

材料材木教材

Radicals and components

Radical木treeComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木) · genie

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 738

Compound words

材料ざいりょう
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.)
材木ざいもく
wood (for building); lumber; timber
教材きょうざい
teaching materials
器材きざい
tools and materials; equipment and materials
機材きざい
machinery and materials; equipment; materials for manufacturing machinery
建材けんざい
building material
鋼材こうざい
steel material
材質ざいしつ
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
資材しざい
(raw) material
取材しゅざい
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
人材じんざい
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
素材そざい
ingredient; (raw) material; resource; unprocessed timber; raw timber
題材だいざい
subject; theme
廃材はいざい
scrap wood; waste wood; waste; waste material; scrap material
木材もくざい
lumber; timber; wood
石材せきざい
(building) stone
食材しょくざい
foodstuff; ingredient
原材料げんざいりょう
raw materials; ingredients

Stroke Order

7 strokes

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