"才" meaning in Japanese

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Character

  1. age Tags: grade-2-kanji, kanji
    Sense id: en-才-ja-character-AT9UQAyC Categories (other): Grade 2 kanji Disambiguation of Grade 2 kanji: 52 48
  2. years old Tags: grade-2-kanji, kanji
    Sense id: en-才-ja-character-0DUszQXM Categories (other): Grade 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Grade 2 kanji: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 才覚 (saikaku) (ruby: (さい), (かく)), 才気 (saiki) (ruby: (さい), ()), 才能 (sainō) (ruby: (さい), (のう)), 漫才 (manzai) (ruby: (まん), (ざい)) (english: a style of double act stand-up comedy), 天才 (tensai) (ruby: 天才(てんさい)) (english: genius)

Noun

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (さい)), sai [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|さい}} 才(さい) • (sai)
  1. ability, talent, aptitude
    Sense id: en-才-ja-noun-wu0hwjg2
  2. alternative form of the volumetric unit 抄(しょう) (shō) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: the volumetric unit 抄(しょう) (extra: shō)
    Sense id: en-才-ja-noun-Be7meRTM Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 23 77 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 38 62 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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          "才",
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        ],
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        ]
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          "才",
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      "word": "才能"
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          "漫",
          "まん"
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          "才",
          "ざい"
        ]
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      "word": "漫才"
    },
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        ]
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    "Japanese kanji with kun reading かど",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading ざえ",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading わずかに",
    "Japanese kanji with kun readings missing okurigana designation",
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    "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations"
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          "才",
          "さい"
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        [
          "覚",
          "かく"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "saiki",
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        [
          "才",
          "さい"
        ],
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          "気",
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          "才",
          "さい"
        ],
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          "能",
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          "才",
          "ざい"
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    "Japanese terms spelled with 才",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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  "word": "才"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "歳"
  ],
  "word": "才"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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    "才"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "才",
  "trace": ""
}

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    "才"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "才",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "soft-redirect",
  "title": "才",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (fc4f0c7 and c937495). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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