The kanji 宰: meaning, readings and stroke order

宰

Meaning: preside, manage
On reading: サイ sai
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 10
Radical: 宀 roof
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đứng đầu, cai quản (tể)
Japanese: まとめてとりしきる。
Korean: 다스리다, 주관하다 (재)
Chinese: 主管、主宰

Readings, words and example sentences

サイ sai · on reading · less common

主しゅ宰さい
leading, presiding over (a group)
会を 主しゅ宰さいします。
He leads the group.

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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.