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宰

superintend
Stroke count: 10

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. superintendRtK
    第６条議長は全会議を主宰するものとする。Article 6. The president shall preside at all meetings.tatoeba
    太宰治は３９歳の時に自殺した。Osamu Dazai killed himself at the age of thirty-nine.tatoeba
  2. manager
  3. rule
  1. prime minister
  2. premier
  3. chancellor

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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house · spicy · stand up (立) · vase · ten (十) · needle (丨)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1615

Compound words

宰相さいしょう
prime minister; premier; chancellor
主宰しゅさい
chairmanship; presidency; management; president; chairman
宰るほふる
to slaughter
宰領さいりょう
supervision
厨宰ちゅうさい
chef
冢宰ちょうさい
Minister of State (Zhou dynasty China)
主宰者しゅさいしゃ
president
大宰府だざいふ
dazaifu (under the ritsuryō system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima)
伴食宰相ばんしょくさいしょう
incompetent cabinet minister
黒衣の宰相こくいのさいしょう
Buddhist priest who is also an important politician
総括主宰者そうかつしゅさいしゃ
(electoral) campaign manager

Additional Examples

太宰治は、自殺した。
Osamu Dazai killed himself.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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