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財

Wealth
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingザイ、サイ
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 5Level 19

Meanings

  1. wealth
  2. propertyRtK
  3. money
    彼は彼女の財布からお金を盗んだ。He stole money from her wallet.tatoeba
  4. assets
  1. fortune
  2. riches
  3. goods
  4. incorporated foundation

Synonyms

財団法人

Popular Usage

財布財産

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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shellfish · clam · oyster · eye (目) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八) · genie

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 737

Compound words

財布さいふ
wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook
財産ざいさん
property; fortune; assets
家財かざい
household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
財界ざいかい
financial world; business circles
財源ざいげん
source of funds; resources; finances
財政ざいせい
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
財団ざいだん
foundation (institution); syndicate; group
財閥ざいばつ
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group; rich person
財務ざいむ
financial affairs
蓄財ちくざい
amassing of wealth
管財かんざい
administration of property; custodianship; receivership
財政難ざいせいなん
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
文化財ぶんかざい
cultural assets; cultural property
財務官ざいむかん
finance official
消費財しょうひざい
consumer goods
財団法人ざいだんほうじん
incorporated foundation; juridical foundation
重要文化財じゅうようぶんかざい
important cultural property; important cultural asset
財政投融資ざいせいとうゆうし
Fiscal Investment and Loan Program; FILP
無形文化財むけいぶんかざい
intangible cultural asset
遺財いざい
bequest
貨財かざい
wealth
巨財きょざい
huge fortune
財貨ざいか
commodity
財経ざいけい
politics and economics

On Reading Examples

彼は努力によって財を成した。ざい
He has made a fortune through hard work.tatoeba
才無しは財無しより、もっと始末が悪い。ざい
Want of wit is worse than want of gear.tatoeba
国民総生産は一国の財とサービスを貨幣価値で測った総生産高である。ざい
Gross national product is a nation's total output of goods and services as measured in monetary value.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は彼の父の財産を受け継いだ。
He succeeded to his father's estate.tatoeba
彼は莫大な財産を相続するだろう。
He will come into a large fortune.tatoeba
彼は莫大な財産を所有している。
He is possessed of a great fortune.tatoeba
別名：財布の焼香
Alternate name : Saifu no shoko (incense offering for a wallet)wiki
薬は無いが財布があった…。
There is no medicine, but he finds a wallet.wiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Wealth, assets. 貝 (money) + 才 — what brings in income.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 財

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