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雑

miscellaneous
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingザツ、ゾウ
Kun readingまじ.える、まじ.る
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 5

Meanings

  1. miscellaneousRtK
    彼は仕事が雑だ。He is careless and untidy in his work.tatoeba
    漫画、漫画、雑誌、週刊誌、月刊誌Comics, comics, magazines, weekly magazines, and monthly magazineswiki
  1. rough
  2. crude
  3. sloppy
  4. messy

Popular Usage

雑誌複雑混雑雑音雑巾

Radicals and components

Radical隹short bird
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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nine (九) · baseball · tree (木) · wood (木) · turkey

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 604

Compound words

雑誌ざっし
magazine; journal; periodical
複雑ふくざつ
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
混雑こんざつ
congestion; crush; crowding; jam; confusion
雑音ざつおん
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; noise; gossip
雑巾ぞうきん
house-cloth; dust cloth
雑居ざっきょ
living together; mixed residence; sharing living quarters; multi-tenant; community
雑貨ざっか
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
雑煮ぞうに
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
雑炊ぞうすい
rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce
雑草ざっそう
weed
雑談ざつだん
chatting; idle talk
煩雑はんざつ
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome
乱雑らんざつ
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle
雑踏ざっとう
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
雑木林ぞうきばやし
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
大雑把おおざっぱ
rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; sweeping; loose
複雑さふくざつさ
complexity
錯雑さくざつ
complication
雑学ざつがく
trivia, miscellaneous knowledge
雑沓ざっとう
hustle and bustle
雑喉ざこ
small fish
雑纂ざっさん
miscellaneous collection
雑駁ざっぱく
confused
雑用ざつよう
chores, odd jobs

On Reading Examples

彼、一気呵成に書き上げたと言ってたけど、この提案書、少し雑だね。ざつ
He said he dashed this proposal off in one sitting. It's pretty sloppy.tatoeba
お客が雑な作りのスタンドに座って靴を磨いてもらっている。ざつ
A customer is having his shoes shined on a slapped-together stand.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は複雑な数学の問題を解くことが得意だ。
He is good at solving complicated mathematical problems.tatoeba
彼は複雑なぜんまいじかけのおもちゃを考案した。
He devised a complicated clockwork toy.tatoeba
彼は私にアメリカの雑誌を数冊送ってくれた。
He sent me some American magazines.tatoeba
また、児童雑誌や詩文の挿絵も描いた。
He also drew illustrations for children's magazines and for works of poetry.wiki

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 雑

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step