Vita:宰

Parts

• 宰 1499 superintend
  • ⼧ * house
  • 辛 1496 spicy
    • 立 431 stand up (vase)
    • 十 10 needle (ten, cross)

KANJIDIC Entry

• 宰 3A4B U5bb0 B40 G8 S10 F1597 N1303 V1330 H2275 DK1460 L1499 K1826 O1180 DO1614 MN7160 MP3.1014 E1288 IN1488 DJ1659 DG483 P2-3-7 I3m7.2 Q3040.1 DR755 Yzai3 Wjae サイ T1 ただ {superintend} {manager} {rule}

EDICT Entries

• 宰相 [さいしょう] / (n) Prime Minister / (P) /
• 主宰 [しゅさい] / (n,vs) supervision / chairmanship / (P) /

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Meta

1. Frequency: 2080 out of 9933.

Decomposition

Once

• 宰 => 宀, 辛

Radical

• 宰 => 宀 (roof) , 辛 (bitter)

Graphical

• 宰 => 冖,丶,一,丶,丷,一,一,丨

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zai3 - to slaughter livestock/to govern or rule/to cheat customers/Imperial official in dynastic China

Pronunciation Clues

1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

High Frequency

• 主宰

Medium Frequency

• 宰割
• 宰相

Appears In

• 宰 also appears in:
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