漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
在: exist, outskirts
Also: suburbs, located in
JLPT N36 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
土 carries the meaning · 才 gives the sound
6 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Today
Oracle bone: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ザイzai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 在学するざいがくするbe enrolled (school)
- 在籍するざいせきするbe registered (school)
- 在宅するざいたくするbe at home
- 存在するそんざいするexist
- 実在するじつざいする(really) exist
- 滞在するたいざいするstay
- 在日ざいにちliving/staying in Japan
- 在庫ざいこstock, inventory
- 現在げんざいpresent [n.]
- 不在ふざいabsent
- 自由自在にじゆうじざいにfreely
あるaru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 在るあるbe, exist
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)才 (sound) + 士 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 在 (rev. 92701669), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a cross planted firmly in the ground—that's 土! It shows a stake or a seedling marking the earth, reminding us of farming, construction, and the solid foundation upon which we build our lives and cities.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ザイ
4 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side在 exist · 才
vs庄 level · 广In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zài
Same form: 在 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 在 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 在 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zài most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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