16 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

breath, life

Kun'yomi
  • thing ②incident ③nominalizing suffix ④pretending to ... ⑤alias ⑥necessity
On'yomi
  • サイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

breath, life
サイ こと (Kentei 1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
superintend, manager, rule
サイ ただ (9th, N1)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
spicy, bitter, hot
つら.い シン から.い (8th, N2)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)

References

Unicode hex code 7E21
JIS X 0208 1-69-50
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4560
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 27781
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6a10.6
Four corner code 2394.1