The kanji 材: meaning, readings and stroke order

材

Meaning: material, timber
On reading: ザイ zai
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 7
Radical: 木 tree
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vật liệu, gỗ (tài)
Japanese: もとになるもの。ざいもく。
Korean: 재료, 목재 (재)
Chinese: 材料、木材

Readings, words and example sentences

ザイ zai · on reading

材ざい料りょう
ingredients, materials
料理の 材ざい料りょうを買います。
I buy ingredients for cooking.

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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.