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材
JLPT N2 SL4 7 strokes Frequency: #565

Meanings

Lumber, Log, Timber, Wood, Materials, Ingredients, Talent

Radicals

木

Decomposition

βΏ°ζœ¨ζ‰

Etymology

Pictophonetic: wood

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 7

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top
2 vertical right-to-left
3 diagonal right-to-left
4 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
6 hook right-to-left
7 diagonal right-to-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
γ‚Άγ‚€ zai
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

194 words total
Other (20 words)
θ€‡εˆζζ–™ γ΅γγ”γ†γ–γ„γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†

composite material

線材 せんざい

wire rod

主材 しゅざい

main ingredients

商材 しょうざい

product

緩葝材 かんしょうざい

cushioning

γΆγ‚‰δΈ‹γŒγ‚Šε–ζ γΆγ‚‰γ•γŒγ‚Šγ—γ‚…γ–γ„

doorstop interview

囲み取材 かこみしゅざい

on-the-spot interview by surrounding reporters

人材派遣 γ˜γ‚“γ–γ„γ―γ‘γ‚“

temporary employee placement

人材派遣会瀾 γ˜γ‚“γ–γ„γ―γ‘γ‚“γ‹γ„γ—γ‚ƒ

temporary employment agency

気泑緩葝材 きほうかんしょうざい

bubble wrap

冷却材 γ‚Œγ„γγ‚ƒγγ–γ„

coolant (in a nuclear reactor)

耐熱材料 γŸγ„γ­γ€γ–γ„γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†

heat-resistant material

δΊΊζη΄Ήδ»‹δΌšη€Ύ γ˜γ‚“γ–γ„γ—γ‚‡γ†γ‹γ„γŒγ„γ—γ‚ƒ

employment agency

壁材 かべざい

wall material

ιžζ§‹ι€ ιƒ¨ζ γ²γ“γ†γžγ†γΆγ–γ„

nonstructural element

研穢材料 γ‘γ‚“γγ‚…γ†γ–γ„γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†

research material

人材不袳 γ˜γ‚“γ–γ„γΆγγ

shortage of talented people

材料不袳 γ–γ„γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†γΆγγ

materials shortage

機材庫 きざいこ

equipment room

取材現場 しゅざいげんば

reporting location