11 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

cape, spit, promontory

Kun'yomi
  • small peninsula
  • さい
  • みさき
On'yomi

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

さい 97.0%
さき 3.0%

Character Breakdown

cape, spit, promontory
さい さき キ (11th)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
strange, strangeness, curiosity
キ く.しき あや.しい (7th, N1)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
can, passable, mustn't
カ コク -べ.き (5th)
street, ward, town
チョウ テイ チン (3rd, N1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

Saitama (city, prefecture)
Saitama Prefecture (Kanto area)
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References

Unicode hex code 57FC
JIS X 0208 1-26-75
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1088
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1028
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 466
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 560
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 422
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 153
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 164
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1078
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1292
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 5201
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1446
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 155
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3b8.8
Four corner code 4412.1