催

host; sponsor; hold (a meeting); give (a dinner)

13 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 536.

Readings

• サイ (on reading): 開催 (かいさい) holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); 主催 (しゅさい) sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices)
• もよおす (kun reading): 催す (もよおす) to hold (an event); 催し (もよおし) event
• もようす (kun reading)

Components

• 亻
• 崔
• ⺅ radical person, left-side form of 人
• 山 radical mountain
• 隹 radical short-tailed bird

Words using 催

• 開催 (かいさい) holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.)
• 主催 (しゅさい) sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices)
• 催眠 (さいみん) hypnosis
• 開催国 (かいさいこく) host country (e.g. for a conference)
• 共催 (きょうさい) joint sponsorship (of an event)
• 催す (もよおす) to hold (an event)
• 催し (もよおし) event
• 催し物 (もよおしもの) (program of) entertainments
• 会を催す (かいをもよおす) to hold a meeting
• 涙を催す (なみだをもよおす) to be moved to tears
• 催合う (もやう) to co-operate (in enterprises)
• 雪催い (ゆきもよい) threatening to snow

55 words in all.

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