Kanji N3

雑: miscellaneous

雑 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning miscellaneous, written with 14 strokes. It is read ザツ, ゾウ (on) and まじえる, まじる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 雑誌 (ざっし, magazine) and 複雑 (ふくざつ, complex).

雑

Meanings

  • miscellaneous
Strokes14
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#839 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ザツ
  • ゾウ

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

Kun reading
  • まじえる
  • まじる

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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Now draw it

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

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 14. Start at the dot.

Common words with 雑

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

  • 雑誌ざっし

    magazine; journal; periodical

    JLPT N5
  • 複雑ふくざつ

    complex; complicated; intricate

    JLPT N4
  • 混雑こんざつ

    congestion; crush; crowding; jam

    JLPT N3
  • 雑貨ざっか

    miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries

    JLPT N1
  • 雑音ざつおん

    noise (usu. unpleasant)

    JLPT N2
  • 雑談ざつだん

    chatting; idle talk

    JLPT N1
  • 雑ざつ

    rough; crude; sloppy; messy

    JLPT N1
  • 雑巾ぞうきん

    house-cloth; dust cloth

    JLPT N2

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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; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.