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Kanji Detail for 財 - "wealth, property"

財

  • Meaning

    財 means "wealth, property." Also associated with talent.

    1. Wealth - Valuable possessions; riches.

    2. Property - Owned assets; belongings.

    3. Talent - Natural ability; a valuable quality.

  • Words using 財

    • 財政 ざいせい Listen public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
    • 財源 ざいげん Listen source of funds; resources; finances
    • 財界 ざいかい Listen financial world; business circles
    • 財団 ざいだん Listen foundation (institution); syndicate; group
    • 財産 ざいさん Listen property; fortune; assets
    • 財務 ざいむ Listen financial affairs
    • 財団法人 ざいだんほうじん Listen incorporated foundation; juridical foundation
    • 文化財 ぶんかざい Listen cultural assets; cultural property

  • Origin of 財

    貝, shell-money, beside 才, lending the reading zai: wealth as talent turned into holdings. Assets — money that has become property.

    How to remember it: Shell-money 貝 shaped by ability 才 into holdings — wealth, as assets.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: wealth, property
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ざい, たから)
    • Also carries these associations: talent

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 財

    Surnames 財(ざい)Listen 財(たから)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    property; money; wealth; assets

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    wealth, valuables, riches

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    money; wealth; riches; property; valuables

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    riches, wealth, valuables

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A general term for money, coins, and objects. Anything with value is called 財. For example, houses and land are collectively called 財產 (property). Store equipment is collectively called 生財 (business assets).

  • Onyomi

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    sai(サイ) サイ

    zai(ザイ) ザイ

    zoku(ゾク) ゾク

  • Kunyomi

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    takara(たから) たから

  • Strokes

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    10 strokes

  • Radical

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    貝 (kai・kaihen・kogai)

  • Related Keywords

    wealth property talent management organization small slight fortune assets capital money resources riches treasure abundance affluence estate finance funds income inheritance investment possessions prosperity savings net worth

Sentences including 財

  • Please find me my wallet.

  • Walking along the street , i found a wallet.

  • For all her wealth , she does not look happy.

  • I'm sorry to put you to such great expense.

  • The fire deprived us of our property.

  • The old man left a large fortune to his wife.

  • He left his daughter a great fortune.

  • He succeeded to his father's estate.

  • All the property will go to his daughter.

  • The property passed from father to son.

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