Japanese symbol for “sawing”
製材
せいざい
Romaji: seizai
sawing
In Japanese, sawing is 製材, read せいざい (seizai).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs sawing
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “sawing”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鋸引き | のこぎりびき nokogiribiki | sawing |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 製品 | せいひん seihin | manufactured goods; finished goods; product |
| 製造 | せいぞう seizou | manufacture; production |
| 製作 | せいさく seisaku | manufacture; production |
| 製薬 | せいやく seiyaku | medicine manufacture; drug manufacture |
| 製鉄 | せいてつ seitetsu | iron manufacture |
| 木製 | もくせい mokusei | wooden; made of wood |
| 取材 | しゅざい shuzai | gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.) |
| 素材 | そざい sozai | ingredient; (raw) material; resource |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.