The kanji 最: meaning, readings and stroke order

最

Meaning: most
On reading: サイ sai
Kun reading: もっと（も） mottomo
Strokes: 12
Radical: 曰 say
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: nhất (tối)
Japanese: いちばん。もっとも。
Korean: 가장, 제일 (최)
Chinese: 最

Readings, words and example sentences

サイ sai · on reading

最さい初しょ
first, the beginning
最さい初しょに名前を書きます。
First, write your name.

もっと（も） mottomo · kun reading

最もっとも
most
これが 最もっとも 大切なことです。
This is the most important thing.

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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.