材

material; lumber; log; timber; wood; materials; ingredients; talent

7 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 565.

Readings

• ザイ (on reading): 素材 (そざい) ingredient; 題材 (だいざい) subject

Components

• 木
• 才
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 一 radical one
• 亅 radical hook
• 木 radical tree

Words using 材

• 素材 (そざい) ingredient
• 題材 (だいざい) subject
• 取材 (しゅざい) gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.)
• 材料 (ざいりょう) materials
• 食材 (しょくざい) foodstuff
• 香材 (こうぼく) sweet-smelling wood

204 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists