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埼

Cape
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingキ、サイ
Kun readingさき

Meanings

  1. capeRtK
  2. promontory
  3. spit
  1. small peninsula
  2. headland

Radicals and components

Radical土earth
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · strange · large (大) · St. Bernard (犬) · street (行) · nail · spike · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 164

Compound words

私は埼玉の出身です。
I come from Saitama.tatoeba
埼玉と千葉の間に川があります。
There is a river between Saitama and Chiba.tatoeba
10年前に協和銀行と埼玉銀行は合併してあさひ銀行になった。
Kyowa Bank and Saitama Bank merged into Asahi Bank ten years ago.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Cape. Earth 土 + 奇 (odd) — a strip of land jutting oddly into water. In the name Saitama.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 埼

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