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JLPT N3 SL4 12 strokes Frequency: #82

Meanings

Utmost, Most, Extreme

Radicals

曰

Decomposition

⿱日取

Etymology

Ideographic: To take place 取 under the sun 日 (that is, everywhere)

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left

2 corner right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-left-to-top-right

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 horizontal left-to-right

9 rising bottom-to-top

10 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

11 corner top-to-bottom

12 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

サイ sai

シュ shu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

もっと moto

つま tsuma

Words Using This Kanji

379 words total

Other (20 words)

end result

back row

the most

closing argument

fastest

top floor

eldest

youngest

last chapter (book, etc.)

最たるさいたる

prime

最上級生さいじょうきゅうせい

senior (e.g. at school)

幕内最高優勝まくうちさいこうゆうしょう

tournament win in the highest division

最終更新さいしゅうこうしん

last update

最高血圧さいこうけつあつ

systolic blood pressure

最適任者さいてきにんしゃ

best qualified person

(speed) optimization

maximum preference

the last moment

the last moment

most

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