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Zach

Readings

Kana: サイ、とりで
Romaji: sai, toride
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

fort, stronghold, entrenchments

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  112
Frequency:  2304
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-6-5
Korean Reading:  chae
Chinese Reading:  zhai4
Unicode:  7826
JIS:  3A56

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2671
Nelson Index: 3189
New Nelson Index: 4002
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5a6.1
Four Corner Index: 2160.1
Daikanwanjiten Index: 24098X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0349
Remembering the kanji Index: 2045
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2328
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2204
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3310

Words

(とりで)
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
砦を落とす (とりでをおとす)
to capture a fort
鹿砦 (ろくさい)
abatis
最後のとりで (さいごのとりで)
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
砦を築く (とりでをきずく)
to construct a fort
山塞 (さんさい)
mountain stronghold
城塞 (じょうさい)
fortress; stronghold; citadel
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