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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana: サイ
Romaji: sai
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

genius, years old, cubic shaku

Stroke Diagram

123

Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  3
Radical Number:  6
Frequency:  1497
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  4-3-3
Korean Reading:  jae
Chinese Reading:  cai2
Unicode:  624d
JIS:  3A4D

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3410
Nelson Index: 270
New Nelson Index: 2059
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a3.27
Four Corner Index: 5000.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 126
Gakken Index: 639
Japanese Names Index: 35
Daikanwanjiten Index: 11769
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0087
Remembering the kanji Index: 681
Kanji Flashcards Index: 553
Kodansha Compact Index: 853
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 139
Kanji in Context Index: 739
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2131
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2880
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 688
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 736
Essential Kanji Index: 574
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4218
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1447
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 217
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 85

Words

(さい)
-years-old; ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius
才能 (さいのう)
talent; ability
秀才 (しゅうさい)
bright person; talented student; prodigy
才覚 (さいかく)
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
才女 (さいじょ)
talented woman
天才 (てんさい)
genius; prodigy; natural gift
漫才 (まんざい)
two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit); comic dialogue
英才 (えいさい)
genius; brilliance; unusual talent; gifted person; person of unusual talent
才人 (さいじん)
talented person; clever person
弁財天 (べんざいてん、べざいてん)
Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, also wealth and water
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