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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)
船尾材 せんびざい

body post

人材亀桁 γ˜γ‚“γ–γ„γ“γ†γ‚Šγ‚…γ†

personnel exchange

基材 きざい

substrate

取材源 しゅざいげん

source (for a news article, etc.)

人材派遣ζ₯­ γ˜γ‚“γ–γ„γ―γ‘γ‚“γŽγ‚‡γ†

temporary personnel business

ε–ζθ¨˜θ€… しゅざいきしゃ

on-the-ground reporter

辺材 へんざい

sapwood

ζœ¨ζγƒ‘γƒ«γƒ— もくざいパルプ

wood pulp

桷倖取材 γ‹γ„γŒγ„γ—γ‚…γ–γ„

overseas reporting

θ‡ͺ焢素材 γ—γœγ‚“γγ–γ„

natural material

取材相手 しゅざいあいて

interviewee

硢縁材料 γœγ€γˆγ‚“γ–γ„γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†

insulating material

取材陣 γ—γ‚…γ–γ„γ˜γ‚“

press corps

γƒ–γƒŠζ γƒ–γƒŠγ–γ„

beechwood

人材活用 γ˜γ‚“γ–γ„γ‹γ€γ‚ˆγ†

appropriate use of human resources

取引材料 γ¨γ‚Šγ²γγ–γ„γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†

bargaining chip

δΊΊζθ‚²ζˆ γ˜γ‚“γ–γ„γ„γγ›γ„

human resources training

造喢材 γžγ†γˆγ„γ–γ„

parts of a building to which electrical cables are attached

εˆ€ζ–­ζζ–™ γ―γ‚“γ γ‚“γ–γ„γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†

basis for decision

高度人材 γ“γ†γ©γ˜γ‚“γ–γ„

highly skilled professionals (esp. as category of immigrants)