さい

noun

  1. genre of Heian-period Japanese court music (primarily consisting of gagaku-styled folk melodies).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
さい
催馬楽 さいばら

Contained Kanji Breakdown

sponsor, hold (a meeting), give (a dinner)
サイ もよお.す もよう.す (8th, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
cliff, bluff, precipice
ガイ サイ スイ (Kentei 1)
mountain
やま サン セン (1st, N5)
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
サイ スイ とり (Kentei 1)
lord, chief, master
シュ あるじ ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
horse
ま バ うま (2nd, N3)
three
サン み みっ.つ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
music, comfort, ease
たの.しい ラク ガク (2nd, N4)
white
しろ ハク しら- (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)