宰

preside; superintend; manager; rule

10 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1597.

Readings

• サイ (on reading): 主宰 (しゅさい) chairmanship; 宰相 (さいしょう) prime minister

Components

• 宀
• 辛
• 十 radical ten
• 宀 radical roof
• 立 radical stand
• 辛 radical bitter; spicy

Kanji containing 宰

• 滓 dregs
• 縡 breath

Words using 宰

• 主宰 (しゅさい) chairmanship
• 宰相 (さいしょう) prime minister
• 主宰者 (しゅさいしゃ) president
• 宰領 (さいりょう) supervision
• 大宰府 (だざいふ) dazaifu (under the ritsuryō system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima)
• 大宰 (おおみこともち) government official working for the daizaifu
• 大宰帥 (おおみこともちのかみ) director of the dazaifu (ritsuryō system)

12 words in all.

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