宰 — kanji meaning “superintend”
宰
superintend, manager, rule
- Meanings
- superintend, manager, rule
- On'yomi
- サイ (sai)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- ただ
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1597 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 40
- Chinese reading
- zǎi — Chinese character page
Words with 宰
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 主宰 | しゅさい shusai | chairmanship; presidency; management |
| 宰相 | さいしょう saishou | prime minister; premier; chancellor |
| 大宰府 | だざいふ dazaifu | dazaifu (under the ritsuryō system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima) |
| 主宰者 | しゅさいしゃ shusaisha | president; chairman |
| 宰領 | さいりょう sairyou | supervision; superintendence; management |
| 伴食宰相 | ばんしょくさいしょう banshokusaishou | incompetent cabinet minister; figurehead minister |
| 冢宰 | ちょうさい chousai | Minister of State (Zhou dynasty China) |
| 大宰 | おおみこともち oomikotomochi | government official working for the daizaifu |
| 厨宰 | ちゅうさい chuusai | chef; head cook |
| 大宰帥 | おおみこともちのかみ oomikotomochinokami | director of the dazaifu (ritsuryō system) |
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