JLPT N3 · 6 strokes
Kanji 在: "exist, outskirts, suburbs"
The kanji 在 means "exist, outskirts, suburbs, located in". It is written with 6 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read ザイ in on'yomi and あ.る in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ザイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あ.る
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | exist, outskirts, suburbs, located in |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 6 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 5 |
| Frequency rank | 211 of 2,501 |
Common words with 在
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 存在existence; being; presence
- 在りqui existe, présent · acceptable, ça passe, pourquoi pas
- 現在the present; present time; now · as of
- 滞在stay; sojourn
- 不在absence · disregard; indifference
- 実在actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
- 存在感(sense of) presence
- 自在being able to do as one pleases; doing at will · pothook
- 所在location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
- 健在in good health; alive and well; going strong
- 今現在just now; at this moment; at this point of time
- 在the country; countryside · outskirts; suburbs
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