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    3. 才

    才

    才サイ

    genius

    N3KMT8Freq #1497Core ConceptsKanji3 strokes

    On'yomi

    サイ

    geniusyears oldcubic shaku

    扌

    扌
    手
    亅

    Stroke 0 / 3

    Speed1.0x

    打犲材財閉抒拯掎閉犲豺扌亅

    Alternative forms of this concept

    扌

    Concepts using this kanji

    才能

    talent

    天才

    genius

    才

    ability

    漫才

    manzai

    英才

    genius

    秀才

    bright person

    才覚

    ready wit

    鬼才

    wizard

    一才

    one-year-old

    才気

    wisdom

    三才

    the three powers (heaven, earth and man)

    人才

    capable person

    十才

    age 10

    大才

    great talent

    不才

    lack of talent

    上方才六

    people from Kansai

    才力

    ability

    才取会員

    stock exchange member who facilitates trading by matching buy and sell orders (similar to an NYSE specialist)

    才六

    kid

    世才

    worldly wisdom

    才分

    disposition

    才女

    talented woman

    口才

    oratorical talent

    才子

    talented man

    小才

    cleverness

    才学

    talent and education

    学才

    academic ability

    天才的

    talented

    外交の才

    diplomatic talent

    才名

    fame

    文才

    literary talent

    才子多病

    talented people tend to be of delicate constitution

    才知

    wit and intelligence

    青二才

    green youth

    軍才

    tactical genius

    才取り

    brokering

    才物

    talented person

    才気走る

    to be clever

    画才

    artistic talent

    機才

    shrewdness

    無才

    lack of ability

    多芸多才

    versatile

    天才バカボン

    Tensai Bakabon (manga, anime)

    能才

    ability

    天才教育

    gifted education

    英才教育

    gifted education

    才英

    being very talented and intelligent

    博学多才

    wide knowledge and versatile talents

    商才

    business ability

    才幹

    ability

    天才児

    child prodigy

    才能を伸ばす

    to develop one's ability

    才子佳人

    talented man and a beautiful woman

    才量

    wisdom and magnanimity

    弁才

    eloquence

    楽才

    talent for music

    非才

    lack of ability

    才走る

    to be clever

    才器

    talent

    才芸

    talent and accomplishments

    才色

    wit and beauty

    異才

    genius

    悪才

    genius for evil

    天賦の才能

    innate ability

    博識多才

    wide knowledge and versatile talents

    和漢三才図会

    Illustrated Sino-Japanese Encyclopedia (1712)

    浅学非才

    one's lack of learning or ability

    天賦の才

    innate ability

    知恵才覚

    having wisdom and resources

    博才

    gambling skills

    才略

    wise planning

    才取り棒

    pole used to hand things up a ladder

    俊才

    prodigy

    天才と狂人は紙一重

    there's but a fine line between genius and insanity

    才子、才に倒れる

    talented men are ruined by their own talent

    才気縦横

    great wisdom

    猪口才

    impertinent

    天才肌

    (person) seeming like a genius

    才色兼備

    (a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty

    軽薄才子

    shallow, glib and obsequious person

    才知縦横

    resourceful and quick-witted

    才弾ける

    to be presumptuous

    才気煥発

    quick-witted

    馬鹿と天才は紙一重

    there is but a fine line between genius and insanity

    士魂商才

    having a samurai's spirit and a merchant's business sense

    浅才

    incompetence

    才徳

    intelligence and virtue

    漫才師

    manzai performer

    和魂洋才

    Japanese spirit with Western learning

    才筆

    literary talent

    筆才

    literary talent

    才腕

    skill

    詩才

    talent for poetry

    奇才

    rare genius

    掛け合い漫才

    rapid-fire comic dialogue

    賢才

    man of ability

    多才

    talented

    劣才

    inferior talents

    漢才

    mastery of Chinese literature

    凡才

    mediocrity

    如才がない

    tactful

    如才ない

    tactful

    如才

    sloppiness

    俗才

    worldly wisdom

    しゃべくり漫才

    manzai based on comic dialogue (as opposed to a skit)

    和魂漢才

    the Japanese spirit imbued with Chinese learning

    愚才

    (one's own) abilities and intelligence

    これに懲りよ道才坊

    take it as a lesson learned

    才能溢れる

    extremely talented

    鈍才

    stupidity

    才人

    talented person

    才媛

    literary woman

    頓才

    wit

    才槌頭

    head like a hammer

    庸才

    mediocre talent

    才藻

    poetic talent

    才気溌剌

    resourceful and quick-witted

    才槌

    small wooden mallet

    樗才

    deadwood

    才噸

    measured ton

    螻蛄才

    being a jack of all trades and master of none

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 亅
    • 扌
    • 手

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    • 異才
    • 画才
    • 鬼才
    • 賢才
    • 口才
    • 才覚
    • 才学
    • 才幹
    • 才器
    • 才気
    • 才気縦横
    • 才気煥発
    • 才芸
    • 才子
    • 才女
    • 才色
    • 才色兼備
    • 才人
    • 才藻
    • 才走る
    • 才弾ける
    • 才槌
    • 才槌頭
    • 才徳
    • 才噸
    • 才能
    • 才筆
    • 才媛
    • 才物
    • 才分
    • 才名
    • 才略
    • 才量
    • 才力
    • 才腕
    • 三才
    • 秀才
    • 俊才
    • 商才
    • 世才
    • 青二才
    • 俗才
    • 多才
    • 猪口才
    • 天才
    • 天才児
    • 博学多才
    • 不才
    • 弁才
    • 凡才
    • 劣才
    • 和魂洋才
    • 非才
    • 一才
    • 英才
    • 才知
    • 浅学非才
    • 漫才
    • 楽才
    • 鈍才
    • 詩才
    • 小才
    • 和魂漢才
    • 無才
    • 文才
    • 学才
    • 如才ない
    • 機才
    • 奇才
    • 悪才
    • 英才教育
    • 士魂商才
    • 掛け合い漫才
    • 外交の才
    • 才能を伸ばす
    • 浅才
    • 筆才
    • 庸才
    • 如才
    • 漫才師
    • 才子佳人
    • 知恵才覚
    • 軽薄才子
    • 才気溌剌
    • 才子多病
    • 才知縦横
    • 多芸多才
    • 博識多才
    • 天才肌
    • 天才と狂人は紙一重
    • 上方才六
    • 才六
    • 天才的
    • 才能溢れる
    • 才取り
    • 才取り棒
    • 才取会員
    • 漢才
    • 才子、才に倒れる
    • 天賦の才能
    • 天賦の才
    • 才英
    • 大才
    • 樗才
    • 頓才
    • 能才
    • しゃべくり漫才
    • 十才
    • 螻蛄才
    • 人才
    • 軍才
    • 愚才
    • 馬鹿と天才は紙一重
    • 才
    • 如才がない
    • これに懲りよ道才坊
    • 天才教育
    • 博才
    • 才気走る
    • 和漢三才図会
    • 天才バカボン

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