18 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

lower part of face, jaw, gills of a fish

Kun'yomi
  • jaw ②barb (of a fishhook)
  • gills ②angle of the mandible
On'yomi
  • サイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

lower part of face, jaw, gills of a fish
サイ あご えら (Kentei 1)
think
おも.う シ おぼ.す (2nd, N4)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
heart, mind, spirit
こころ シン (2nd, N4)
page, leaf
ケツ ぺえじ おおがい (Kentei Pre-1)
neck(首) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)

References

Unicode hex code 984B
JIS X 0208 1-80-91
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5134
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6642
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 43576
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 9a9.4
Four corner code 6138.6