The kanji 雑: meaning, readings and stroke order

雑

Meaning: mixed, various
On reading: ザツ zatsu、ゾウ zou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 14
Radical: 隹 small bird
Level: Level 5 · grade 5
Old form: 雜

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lẫn lộn, tạp (tạp)
Japanese: いろいろなものがまじる。
Korean: 뒤섞이다, 여러 가지 (잡)
Chinese: 混杂、杂 (杂)

Readings, words and example sentences

ザツ zatsu · on reading

雑ざっ草そう
weeds
庭の 雑ざっ草そうを取ります。
I pull the weeds in the garden.

ゾウ zou · on reading · less common

雑ぞう木き林ばやし
woods with many kinds of trees
雑ぞう木き林ばやしで虫をさがします。
I look for bugs in the woods.

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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.