Kanji N2

材: lumber, log, timber

材 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning lumber, log, timber, written with 7 strokes. It is read ザイ (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 材料 (ざいりょう, materials) and 木材 (もくざい, lumber).

材

Meanings

  • lumber
  • log
  • timber
  • wood
  • materials
  • ingredients
  • talent
Strokes7
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#565 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ザイ

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

Kun reading
  • None in common use

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

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 7. Start at the dot.

Common words with 材

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

  • 材料ざいりょう

    materials; ingredients

    JLPT N3
  • 木材もくざい

    lumber; timber; wood

    JLPT N2
  • 材木ざいもく

    wood (for building); lumber; timber

    JLPT N2
  • 取材しゅざい

    gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.)

    JLPT N1
  • 人材じんざい

    capable person; talented person

    JLPT N1
  • 教材きょうざい

    teaching materials

    JLPT N1
  • 素材そざい

    ingredient; (raw) material; resource

    JLPT N1
  • 資材しざい

    (raw) material

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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.