The kanji 在: meaning, readings and stroke order

在

Meaning: be (at), exist
On reading: ザイ zai
Kun reading: あ（る） aru
Strokes: 6
Radical: 土 earth
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ở, có mặt (tại)
Japanese: そこにある。そこにいる。
Korean: 있다 (재)
Chinese: 在、存在

Readings, words and example sentences

ザイ zai · on reading

在ざい学がく
being a student (at a school)
兄はまだ大学に 在ざい学がくしています。
My big brother is still a university student.

あ（る） aru · kun reading · less common

在ある
to be (located), to exist
日本はアジアの東に 在あります。
Japan is in the east of Asia.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.