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宰 = 宀 + 辛

宰 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “superintend”. It is built from 宀 (roof) and 辛 (spicy). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1615.

Keyword
superintend
RTK frame
1615
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
サイ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
начальник
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
宰 to slaughter

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 宀 roof
  2. 辛 spicy

How to find 宰 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “roof” + “spicy”. 宰 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 宰 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.