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[edit] Translingual

Stroke order
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Stroke order
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[edit] Han character

(radical 32 +3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大中土 (KLG), four-corner 40214)

  1. be at, in, on
  2. consist in, rest

[edit] References

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 224, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4881
  • Dae Jaweon: page 455, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 418, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5728

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(Yale joi6)

[edit] Synonyms


[edit] Japanese

See also 在-

[edit] Kanji

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

[edit] Readings

[edit] Compounds

  • 在職 (ざいしょく, zaishoku)
  • 在世 (ざいせ, zaise)
  • 在籍 (ざいせき, zaiseki)
  • 在宅 (ざいたく, zaitaku)
  • 在任 (ざいにん, zainin)
  • 在来 (ざいらい, zairai)
  • 在留 (ざいりゅう, zairyū)
  • 存在 (そんざい, sonzai)
  • 在日 (ざいにち, zainichi)

[edit] Noun

(hiragana ざい, romaji zai)

  1. as an abbreviation of 在郷 (ざいごう, zaigō), countryside or outskirts

[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

(hangeul , revised jae, McCune-Reischauer chae)


[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Hanzi

(pinyin zài (zai4), Wade-Giles tsai4)

[edit] Adverb

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin zài)

  1. be ...-ing

[edit] Preposition

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin zài)

  1. in, at
我住在中国 - I live in China.

[edit] Verb

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin zài)

  1. exist, be

[edit] Compounds


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(tại)

[edit] Preposition

  1. in