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Talent
Stroke count: 3

Readings

On readingサイ
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 2Level 2

Meanings

  1. talent
  2. cubic shaku
  3. geniusRtK
    彼は父の天才を幾分受け継いでいる。He has some share of his father's genius.tatoeba
  4. years old
  1. ability
  2. gift
  3. aptitude

Homonyms

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Same reading (さい)
際 · occasion債 · debt再 · re-差異 · difference

Popular Usage

才能

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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genie

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 736

Compound words

才能さいのう
talent; ability
非才ひさい
lack of ability; incompetence; incapacity
鬼才きさい
wizard; genius; remarkable talent; exceptional ability
秀才しゅうさい
bright person; talented student; prodigy
多才たさい
talented
天才てんさい
genius; prodigy; natural gift
漫才まんざい
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit
偉才いさい
genius
異才いさい
genius
穎才えいさい
genius
何才なんさい
how old
画才がさい
artistic talent
愚才ぐさい
(one's own) abilities and intelligence
賢才けんさい
man of ability
口才こうざい
oratorical talent
才穎さいえい
being very talented and intelligent
才覚さいかく
ready wit
才学さいがく
talent and education
才幹さいかん
ability
才槌さいづち
small wooden mallet
才噸さいとん
measured ton
才媛さいえん
literary woman
才腕さいわん
skill
俊才しゅんさい
prodigy

On Reading Examples

彼には天賦の才がある。さい
He has natural gifts.tatoeba
彼には経営の才があります。さい
He has managerial talent.tatoeba
発明の才に富むその男性がその権威ある賞を初めて受賞した。さい
The ingenious man received the prestigious award for the first time.tatoeba
逆境にもかかわらず、その発明の才に富む男は世界的名声を手に入れた。さい
Despite adversity, the ingenious man achieved worldwide fame.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は並外れた数学の才能を持っている。
He has an extraordinary faculty for mathematics.tatoeba
彼は非凡な数学的才能に恵まれている。
He is endowed with unusual ability in mathematics.tatoeba
彼は彼女の才能に焼もちを妬いている。
He is jealous of her talent.tatoeba

Stroke Order

3 strokes

Talent. A sprout breaking through the soil — ability coming out. Also used for age: 十才.

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