Kanji N1

剤: dose, medicine, drug

剤 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning dose, medicine, drug, written with 10 strokes. It is read ザイ, スイ, セイ (on) and かる, けずる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 洗剤 (せんざい, detergent) and 薬剤 (やくざい, medicine).

剤

Meanings

  • dose
  • medicine
  • drug
Strokes10
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1151 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ザイ
  • スイ
  • セイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • かる
  • けずる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 剤

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 洗剤せんざい

    detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent

    JLPT N2
  • 薬剤やくざい

    medicine; drug

  • 殺虫剤さっちゅうざい

    insecticide; pesticide

  • 薬剤師やくざいし

    pharmacist; chemist

  • 錠剤じょうざい

    pill; lozenge; tablet

  • 合成洗剤ごうせいせんざい

    synthetic detergent

  • 覚醒剤かくせいざい

    stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)

  • 洗浄剤せんじょうざい

    detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.